No risk adjustment or risk stratification

This measure assesses the rate of nulliparous women with a term, singleton baby in a vertex position delivered by cesarean birth. This measure is part of a set of four nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, ePC-01: Elective Delivery; PC-02: Cesarean Birth, ePC-02: Cesarean Birth will be added as an eCQM 1/1/2020; PC-05: Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding, ePC-05: Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding; PC-06 Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns was added 1/1/2019).

This measure assesses patients at risk of preterm delivery at >=24 and <34 weeks gestation receiving antenatal steroids prior to delivering preterm newborns. This measure is a part of a set of five nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, PC-02: Cesarean Birth, PC-04: Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Newborns, PC-05: Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding; Beginning 1/1/2019 PC-06 Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns will be added).

PC-05 assesses the rate of newborns exclusively fed breast milk during the newborn´s entire hospitalization. This measure is part of a set of four nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, ePC-01: Elective Delivery; PC-02: Cesarean Birth, ePC-02: Cesarean Birth will be added as an eCQM 1/1/2020; PC-05: Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding, ePC-05: Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding; PC-06 Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns was added 1/1/2019).

PC-05 assesses the rate of newborns exclusively fed breast milk during the newborn´s entire hospitalization. This measure is a part of a set of four nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, PC-02: Cesarean Section, ePC-02 Cesarean Birth will be added as an eCQM 1/1/2020, PC-06 Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns was added as a chart-based measure on 1/1/2019).

2022 submission:

Pediatric Patient Safety for Selected Indicators (PDI 19) is a weighted average of the observed-to-expected ratios for the following component indicators: PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate, PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate, PDI 05 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate, PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate, PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate, and PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate.

Percentage of pediatric (< 18 years old) peritoneal dialysis patient-months whose delivered peritoneal dialysis dose was a weekly Kt/Vurea >= 1.8 (dialytic + residual)

Percentage of children/adolescents age =5 to =19 years-old seen in the emergency department with psychotic symptoms who are screened for alcohol or drugs of abuse

Percentage of emergency department visits by patients < 18 years of age with a current weight documented in kilograms in the ED electronic health record; measure to be reported each month.

This quality measure reports the percentage of all Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) patients with an admission and discharge functional assessment and a care plan that addresses function.