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Annual Monitoring for Patients on Persistent Medications (MPM)

CBE ID
2371
1.4 Project
Endorsed
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Cycle / Most Recent Endorsement Activity
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

This measure assesses the percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who received a least 180 treatment days of ambulatory medication therapy for a select therapeutic agent during the measurement year and at least one therapeutic monitoring event for the therapeutic agent in the measurement year. Report the following three rates and a total rate:

- Rate 1: Annual Monitoring for patients on angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB): At least one serum potassium and a serum creatinine therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year.

- Rate 2: Annual monitoring for patients on diuretics: At least one serum potassium and a serum creatinine therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year.

- Total rate (the sum of the two numerators divided by the sum of the two denominators)

        • 1.14 Numerator

          This measure is reported as two rates and a total rate.

          Rate 1: Annual monitoring for patients on ACE inhibitors or ARBs: the number of patients with at least one serum potassium and serum creatinine therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year.



          Rate 2: Annual monitoring for patients on diuretics: the number of patients with at least one serum potassium and serum creatinine therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year.

          Total rate: sum of the 2 numerators.

        • 1.15 Denominator

          Patients age 18 and older as of the end of the measurement year (e.g., December 31) who are on selected persistent medications (ACE Inhibitors/ARB or Diuretics.)

        • Exclusions

          Exclude patients who use hospice services or elect to use a hospice benefit any time during the measurement year, regardless of when the services began.

          Exclude patients who had an acute or nonacute inpatient encounter during the measurement year.

        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity - OLD
          Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2018
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
          Removal Date
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