This measure identifies patients with diabetes mellitus taking insulin that had evidence of self-monitoring blood glucose testing in last 12 reported months.
This measure identifies adults with diabetes mellitus that had a serum creatinine test in last 12 reported months.
This measure identifies adults with migraines who are frequently taking acute (abortive) medications and are also taking a prophylactic medication for migraine control.
The measure focuses on resources used to deliver episodes of care for patients who have undergone a Hip/Knee Replacement. Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement episodes are initially defined using the Episode Treatment Groups (ETG) methodology and describe the unique presence of the condition for a patient and the services involved in diagnosing, managing and treating the condition. The Procedure Episode Group (PEG) methodology uses the ETG results and further logic to creating a procedure episode that focuses on the Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement component of the care.
The measure focuses on resources used to deliver episodes of care for patients with pneumonia. Pneumonia episodes are defined using the Episode Treatment Groups (ETG) methodology and describe the unique presence of the condition for a patient and the services involved in diagnosing, managing and treating pneumonia. A number of resource use measures are defined for pneumonia episodes, including overall cost of care, cost of care by type of service, and the utilization of specific types of services.
This measure identifies patients 2 years of age and older with acute otitis externa who were or were not prescribed systemic antimicrobial therapy.
This measure identifies patients with an emergency medicine visit for non-traumatic chest pain that had an ECG done as part of their evaluation.
This measure identifies patients with an emergency medicine visit for syncope that had an ECG done as part of their evaluation.
This measure identifies patients with hypertension (HTN) that had a serum creatinine in last 12 reported months
Patient(s) with a recent emergency room encounter for a transient cerebral ischemic event that had any physician visit within 14 days of the acute event.