This measure tracks the percentage of patients in each dialysis practitioner group practice who were on the kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant waitlist. Results are averaged across patients prevalent on the last day of each month during the reporting year.
Please note, this measure is at the dialysis practitioner level (the clinician who receives the Monthly Capitation Payment for overseeing dialysis care).
The proposed measure is a directly standardized percentage, which is adjusted for covariates (e.g. age and risk factors).
- Measure TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Level Of AnalysisCare SettingNumerator
The numerator is the adjusted count of patient months in which the patient at the dialysis practitioner group practice is on the kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant waitlist as of the last day of each month during the reporting year.
DenominatorAll patient-months for patients who are under the age of 75 in the reporting month and who are assigned to a dialysis practitioner group practice according to each patient’s treatment history during a given month during the reporting year.
ExclusionsExclusion that are implicit in the denominator include:
- Patients who were at age 75 or older in the reporting month
- Patients who were admitted to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) during the month of evaluation were excluded from that month;
- Patients who were admitted to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) within one year of dialysis initiation according to form CMS-2728
- Patients determined to be in hospice were excluded from month of evaluation and the remainder of reporting period
- Patients with dementia
Testing Data Sources
- Measure StructureClinical Condition Topic AreaNon Condition SpecificTarget Population
- Risk Adjustment
- Current or planned use(s)Current Use(s)Planned Use
- Most Recent Endorsement ActivityEndorsed Renal Spring 2022Initial EndorsementNext Planned Maintenance ReviewRenal Spring 2026Endorsement StatusLast Updated
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