Spring 2023

This outcome measure tracks the rate of adult patients (aged 18 years and older) treated and released from the Emergency Department (ED) with either a non-specific, presumed benign symptom-only dizziness diagnosis or a specific inner ear/vestibular diagnosis (collectively referred to as “benign dizziness”) who were subsequently admitted to a hospital for a stroke within 30 days of their ED visit.

The Delay in Progression of CKD Measure is an outcome measure to assess how well providers delay progression from Stage 4 CKD to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring chronic dialysis.

This eCQM assesses the rate of delayed diagnosis of VTE in adults aged 18 years and older in the primary care setting. Delayed diagnosis is defined as diagnosis of VTE that occurs >24 hours following the index primary care visit where symptoms for the VTE were first present (within 30 days).

The percentage of discharges for members 6 years of age and older who were hospitalized for treatment of selected mental illness or intentional self-harm diagnoses and who had at least five follow-up community-based mental health care visits in the 90 days after discharge.