The Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates measure calculates the percentage of beneficiaries with mammography or digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening studies that are followed by a diagnostic mammography, DBT, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast in an outpatient or office setting within 45 days.
Fall 2023 Initial Recognition and Management Backup Endorsement Meeting.
Fall 2023 Initial Recognition and Management Endorsement Meeting.
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This composite measure assesses the percentage of hospitalizations for adults aged 18 years and older at the start of the inpatient encounter during the measurement period with a length of stay equal to or greater than 24 hours who received optimal malnutrition care during the current inpatient hospitalization where care performed was appropriate to the patient's level of malnutrition risk and severity.
This measure calculates the percentage of acute ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients who arrive at the emergency department (ED) within two hours of the onset of symptoms and have a head computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan interpreted within 45 minutes of ED arrival. The measure is calculated using chart abstracted data, on a rolling, quarterly basis and is publicly reported, in aggregate, for one calendar year.
The purpose of this meeting is for Advisory Group members to raise questions and share perspectives verbally regarding the measures under endorsement review for their respective E&M committee. No voting occurs during these virtual meetings. Rather, Advisory Group members will be asked to review the measures assigned to their respective committee and come to the meeting to ask questions and provide feedback regarding the strengths and limitations of the measures.
Percentage of patients aged 18-85 years with a diagnosis of diabetes who received a kidney health evaluation defined by an Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) AND Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR) within the 12-month measurement period
The Use of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder measure evaluates the percentage of Medicaid or Medicare-Medicaid participants, aged 18 years and older, who have been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (OUD) who filled a prescription for, were administered, or dispensed, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medication to treat or manage OUD during the measurement year.
This metric is designed to measure the critical care transport team's utilization of waveform capnography during critical care medical transport. Waveform capnography has evolved as the standard for the safe placement and maintenance of advanced airways (e.g., endotracheal tubes) in adult and pediatric patients. The metric specifically focuses on transported patients with advanced airways in whom continuous waveform capnography is appropriately used. This metric is stratified by age into the following three categories: neonatal (defined as infants <29 days), pediatric (