The Discharge to Community measure determines the percentage of all new admissions from a hospital who are discharged back to the community alive and remain out of any skilled nursing center for the next 30 days. The measure, referring to a rolling year of MDS entries, is calculated each quarter. The measure includes all new admissions to a SNF regardless of payor source.
The percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and who were dispensed at least one ambulatory prescription for a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD).
Percentage of patients having documentation of allergies and adverse reactions in the medical record.
For both the 2018 claims and registry specifications AND the 2019 performance period eMeasure (v8) the measure description is as follows:
Percentage of patients having a medication list in the medical record.
Time of first contact in the ED to the time when the patient sees qualified medical personnel for patient evaluation and management.
Percentage of short term home health episodes of care during which patient/caregiver was instructed on how to monitor the effectiveness of drug therapy, how to recognize potential adverse effects, and how and when to report problems.
This measure identifies patients age 18 or older who started lipid-lowering medication during the measurement year and had a lipid panel checked within 3 months after starting drug therapy.
Of all patient encounters within the past month that used an electronic health record (EHR) with electronic data interchange (EDI) where a prescribing event occurred, how many used EDI for the prescribing event.
Percentage of home health stays in which patients who had an acute inpatient hospitalization in the 5 days before the start of their home health stay used an emergency department but were not admitted to an acute care hospital during the 30 days following the start of the home health stay.