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Medication Reconciliation for Patients Receiving Care at Dialysis Facilities

CBE ID
2988
Endorsement Status
E&M Committee Rationale/Justification

Steward no longer seeking to maintain endorsement

1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description

Percentage of patient-months for which medication reconciliation* was performed and documented by an eligible professional.**

* “Medication reconciliation” is defined as the process of creating the most accurate list of all home medications that the patient is taking, including name, indication, dosage, frequency, and route, by comparing the most recent medication list in the dialysis medical record to one or more external list(s) of medications obtained from a patient or caregiver (including patient-/caregiver-provided “brown bag” information), pharmacotherapy information network (e.g., Surescripts), hospital, or other provider.

** For the purposes of medication reconciliation, “eligible professional” is defined as: physician, RN, ARNP, PA, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician.

Measure Specs
General Information
1.7 Measure Type
1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
1.8 Level of Analysis
1.20 Types of Data Sources