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Spring 2024

Valid for Measure Submission

Improvement in Bathing

  • Percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient got better at bathing self. This is a rate/proportion measure targeted at elderly individuals with multiple chronic conditions during home health quality of care episodes. 

    CBE ID
    0174

Improvement in Bed Transferring

  • Percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient got better at getting in and out of bed. This is a rate/proportion measure targeted at elderly individuals with multiple chronic conditions during home health quality of care episodes. 

    CBE ID
    0175

Improvement in Management of Oral Medications

  • Percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient improved in ability to take their medicines correctly, by mouth. This is a rate/proportion measure targeted at elderly individuals with multiple chronic conditions during home health quality of care episodes. 

    CBE ID
    0176

Kidney Health Evaluation

  • 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

    CBE ID
    4315e

Optimal Vascular Care (Composite)

  • Measure Description: The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age who had a diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease (IVD) and whose IVD was optimally managed during the measurement period as defined by achieving ALL of the following:
    • Blood pressure less than 140/90 mmHg
    • On a statin medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present
    • Non-tobacco user
    • On daily aspirin or anti-platelet medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present

    Exclusions

    CBE ID
    0076

Percent of hospitalized pneumonia patients with chest imaging confirmation

  • The chest imaging-confirmed measure of pneumonia diagnosis is a process measure of inpatient hospitalizations that identifies the proportion of adult patients hospitalized patients with a discharge diagnosis of pneumonia and who received systemic or oral antimicrobials at any time during admission who received chest imaging that supported the diagnosis of pneumonia, as recommended by clinical practice guidelines.  The measure applies to a target population of adult hospitalized patients.

    CBE ID
    4440e

Timely Follow-Up After Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Conditions

  • This is a measure of follow-up clinical visits for patients with chronic conditions who have experienced an acute exacerbation of one of six conditions (eight categories) of interest (coronary artery disease [CAD] {high or low acuity}, hypertension {high or medium acuity}, heart failure [HF], diabetes, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]) and are among adult Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries who are attributed to entities participating in the CMMI Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) model.

    CBE ID
    3455

Use of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder

  • 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.

    CBE ID
    3400