Person or encounter level (i.e., data element) (e.g., sensitivity and specificity)

The primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and/or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) complication measure assesses risk-standardized complication rates (RSCRs) for individual clinicians or groups of clinicians to improve the quality of care delivered to their patients.  

This re-specified measure includes THA/TKA procedures performed in both inpatient and outpatient (hospital outpatient department and Ambulatory Surgery Centers [ASC]) settings among eligible Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries who are at least 65 years of age. 

This outcome measure assesses individuals on the activities that are meaningful to them. The target population for this measure is adults with disabilities who receive HCBS or HCBS-like services. This is a self-contained measure that can be administered independently of other RTCOM measures. 

This outcome measure assesses an individual's level of social inclusion and to what degree they are connected to others in their community. The target population for this measure is adults with disabilities who receive HCBS or HCBS-like services. This is a self-contained measure that can be administered independently of other RTCOM measures. 

The measure is administered through an in-person or video-conferencing interview where an interviewer guides an individual through a series of questions (i.e., items) on the measure. There are 14 items on this measure:

Proportion of inpatient hospitalizations for patients 18 years of age and older prescribed, or continued on, two or more opioids or an opioid and benzodiazepine concurrently at discharge.

Primary Measure - Most and Moderately Effective Contraceptive Provision or Use: Percentage of patients ages 15-44 and assigned female at birth who received a most or moderately effective contraceptive, or were documented to use a most or moderately effective contraceptive method in the measurement period. The primary measure captures new provision as well as current use of most and moderately effective contraceptive methods to accurately capture contraceptive utilization even if provided in a different calendar year or a different health care site.

Primary Measure - Most and Moderately Effective Contraceptive Provision or Use: Percentage of patients ages 15-44 assigned female at birth with a live birth delivery who received a most or moderately effective contraceptive, or were documented to use a most or moderately effective contraceptive method, in the postpartum period. The primary measure captures new provision as well as current use of most and moderately effective contraceptive methods to accurately capture postpartum contraceptive utilization even if provided in a different calendar year or a different health care site.

The measure is a PRE-PM, which calculates the percentage of contraceptive care patients who give a “top box” score for their experience of contraceptive counseling. The measure is a four-question survey which asks patients about key components of patient-centered counseling, including respect and adequate information. A “top box” score is defined as a response which gives the highest score for each of the four questions. Respondents give answers evaluating the quality of contraceptive care they received in the past six months.

Percentage of patients assigned female at birth and ages 15-44 who were asked if they wanted to talk about contraception or pregnancy prevention and had their response recorded during the measurement period (which is a calendar year), among patients with a qualifying encounter; to focus on the population of non-postpartum women, the measure excludes those individuals who had a live birth making them eligible for postpartum contraceptive services, and also excludes those who are anatomically infecund or  have had female sterilization from the denominator.

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 (