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Alcohol Screening and Follow-up for People with Serious Mental Illness

  • The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a serious mental illness, who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use and received brief counseling or other follow-up care if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user.

    Note: The proposed health plan measure is adapted from an existing provider-level measure for the general population (NQF #2152: Preventive Care & Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling). It was originally endorsed in 2014 and is currently stewarded by the American Medical Association (AMA-PCPI).

    CBE ID
    2599

Body Mass Index Screening and Follow-Up for People with Serious Mental Illness

  • The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a serious mental illness who received a screening for body mass index and follow-up for those people who were identified as obese (a body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2).

    Note: The proposed health plan measure is adapted from an existing provider-level measure for the general population (Preventive Care & Screening: Body Mass Index: Screening and Follow-Up NQF #0421). It is currently stewarded by CMS and used in the Physician Quality Reporting System.

    CBE ID
    2601

Breast Cancer Screening

  • Percentage of women 50-74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer

    CBE ID
    2372

Breast Cancer Screening

  • Percentage of women 40-69 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer

    CBE ID
    0031

Cardiac Imaging for Preoperative Risk Assessment for Non-Cardiac, Low-Risk Surgery

  • This measure calculates the percentage of stress echocardiography, single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI), stress magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or computed coronary tomography angiography (CCTA) performed at each facility in the 30 days prior to an ambulatory non-cardiac, low-risk surgery performed at any location. The measure is calculated based on a one-year window of Medicare claims data.

    CBE ID
    0669

Carotid Artery Stenting: Evaluation of Vital Status and NIH Stroke Scale at Follow Up

  • Proportion of patients with carotid artery stenting procedures who had follow up performed for evaluation of Vital Status and neurological assessment with an NIH Stroke Scale (by an examiner who is certified by the American Stroke
    Association) occurring between day 21 and the end of day 75 after the procedure. (Days 21-75 inclusive)

    CBE ID
    2396

Cervical Cancer Screening

  • The percentage of women 21–64 years of age who were screened for cervical cancer using either of the following criteria:
    -Women 21–64 years of age who had cervical cytology performed within the last 3 years.
    -Women 30–64 years of age who had cervical high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing performed within the last 5 years.
    -Women 30–64 years of age who had cervical cytology/high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) cotesting within the last 5 years.

    CBE ID
    0032