The percentage of individuals 18 years of age and older who are on long-term opioid therapy and have not received a drug test at least once during the measurement year.
The percentage of children under age 5 who were dispensed antipsychotic medications during the measurement period.
The percentage of individuals 65 years and older with dementia who are receiving an antipsychotic medication without evidence of a psychotic disorder or related condition.
A lower rate indicates better performance.
The percentage of individuals >=18 years of age with concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines during the measurement year.
A lower rate indicates better performance.
The percentage of patients who were dispensed a medication for diabetes and hypertension that are receiving an angiotensin-converting -enzyme-inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) or direct renin inhibitor (DRI) renin-angiotensin-antagonist medication.
The percentage of individuals 18 years of age and older with one or more initial opioid prescriptions for >7 cumulative days’ supply.
Percentage of individuals at least 18 years of age as of the end of the measurement period with at least 56 days of warfarin therapy who receive at least one International Normalized Ratio (INR) test during each 56-day interval with active warfarin therapy.
The percentage of individuals 18 years and older who met the Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) threshold of 80 percent during the measurement year.
Report a rate for each of the following:
• Diabetes All Class (PDC-DR)
• Renin Angiotensin System Antagonists (PDC-RASA)
• Statins (PDC-STA)
A higher rate indicates better performance.
The percentage of patients ages 40 to 75 years who were dispensed a medication for diabetes that receive a statin medication.
Rate 1 (SAC): The percentage of patients aged 5-50 years as of the last day of the measurement year with persistent asthma who were dispensed more than 3 canisters of a short-acting beta2 agonist inhaler during the same 90-day period.
Rate 2 (ACT): The percentage of patients aged 5-50 years as of the last day of the measurement year with persistent asthma who were dispensed more than 3 canisters of short-acting beta2 agonist inhalers over a 90-day period and who did not receive controller therapy during the same 90-day period.