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Newborn Hearing Screening

The percentage of children 6 months of age who had documentation of a review of their newborn hearing screening results by their 3-month birthday.

CBE ID
1402

Oncology: Radiation Dose Limits to Normal Tissues

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of breast, rectal, pancreatic or lung cancer receiving 3D conformal radiation therapy who had documentation in medical record that radiation dose limits to normal tissues were established prior to the initiation of a course of 3D conformal radiation for a minimum of two tissues

CBE ID
0382

Oncology: Treatment Summary Communication – Radiation Oncology

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who have undergone brachytherapy or external beam radiation therapy who have a treatment summary report in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care and to the patient within one month of completing treatment

CBE ID
0381

Oncology: Cancer Stage Documented

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who are seen in the ambulatory setting who have cancer staging documented using any standardized system or documentation that the cancer is metastatic in the medical record within one month of first office visit

CBE ID
0386

Optimal Diabetes Care

The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age who had a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes and whose diabetes was optimally managed during the measurement period as defined by achieving ALL of the following:
• HbA1c less than 8.0 mg/dL
• Blood Pressure less than 140/90 mmHg
• On a statin medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present
• Non-tobacco user
• Patient with ischemic vascular disease is on daily aspirin or anti-platelets, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present

CBE ID
0729

Optimal End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Starts

Information From 2015 Submission

Optimal End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Starts is the percentage of new adult ESRD patients during the measurement period who experience a planned start of renal replacement therapy by receiving a preemptive kidney transplant, by initiating home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis), or by initiating outpatient in-center hemodialysis via arteriovenous fistula or arteriovenous graft.

CBE ID
2594