Geriatric and Palliative Care

Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for pain during the hospice admission evaluation / palliative care initial encounter.

Percentage of patients with chart documentation of preferences for life sustaining treatments.

Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older with documentation of a pain assessment using a standardized tool(s) on each visit AND documentation of a follow-up plan when pain is present

Percentage of vulnerable adults admitted to ICU who survive at least 48 hours who have their care preferences documented within 48 hours OR documentation as to why this was not done.

Adult patients with advanced cancer who are screened for pain with a standardized quantitative tool at each outpatient visit

This measure reports the percentage of long-stay residents in a nursing facility, who reported almost constant or frequent pain, and at least one episode of moderate to severe pain, or any very severe/horrible pain in the 5 days prior to the target assessment. This measure is based on data from the Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) OBRA, PPS, and/or discharge assessments during the selected quarter. This measure is risk-adjusted for resident cognitive status. Long-stay nursing facility residents are identified as those who have had 101 or more cumulative days of nursing facility care.

This measure reports the percentage of short-stay residents in a nursing facility, who reported almost constant or frequent pain, and at least one episode of moderate to severe pain, or any very severe/horrible pain in the 5 days prior to the target assessment. This measure is based on data from the Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) OBRA, PPS, and/or discharge assessments during the selected quarter. Short-stay nursing facility residents are identified as those who have had 100 or fewer cumulative days of nursing facility care.

Percentage of patients who died from cancer, and admitted to hospice and spent less than 3 days there

Percentage of patients who died from cancer admitted to the ICU in the last 30 days of life

Proportion of patients who died from cancer not admitted to hospice