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Facility 7-Day Risk-Standardized Hospital Visit Rate after Outpatient Colonoscopy

  • This measure was developed to improve the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy procedures. The Facility 7-Day Risk-Standardized Hospital Visit Rate after Outpatient Colonoscopy Measure, estimates a facility-level rate of risk-standardized, all-cause, unplanned hospital visits within seven days of a colonoscopy procedure performed at a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) or ambulatory surgical center (ASC) among Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) patients aged 65 years and older.

    CBE ID
    2539

Facility-Level 7-Day Hospital Visits after General Surgery Procedures Performed at Ambulatory Surgical Centers

  • This measure was developed to improve the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing general surgery procedures in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). To assess quality, the measure calculates the risk-standardized rate of return to a hospital for an acute, unplanned hospital visit within seven days of qualified general surgery procedures performed at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) among Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) patients aged 65 years and older.

    CBE ID
    3357

Hospital Visits after Orthopedic Ambulatory Surgical Center Procedures

  • This measure was developed to improve the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing orthopedic procedures in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). To assess quality, the measure calculates the risk-standardized rate of acute, unplanned hospital visits within seven days of qualified orthopedic surgeries or procedures performed at an ASC among Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients aged 65 years and older. An unplanned hospital visit is defined as an emergency department (ED) visit, observation stay, or unplanned inpatient admission.

    CBE ID
    3470

Hospital Visits After Urology Ambulatory Surgical Center Procedures

  • This measure was developed to improve the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing urology procedures in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). The measure estimates a facility-level rate of risk-standardized, all-cause, unplanned hospital visits within seven days of a urology surgery at an ASC among Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients aged 65 years and older. An unplanned hospital visit is defined as an emergency department (ED) visit, observation stay, or unplanned inpatient admission. 

    CBE ID
    3366

Perioperative Care: Timing of Prophylactic Parenteral Antibiotics – Ordering Physician

  • Percentage of surgical patients aged 18 years and older undergoing procedures with the indications for prophylactic parenteral antibiotics, who have an order for prophylactic antibiotic to be given within one hour (if fluoroquinolone or vancomycin, two hours), prior to the surgical incision (or start of procedure when no incision is required)

    CBE ID
    0270