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
This measure tracks the percentage of patients in each dialysis practitioner group practice who were on the kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant waitlist. Results are averaged across patients prevalent on the last day of each month during the reporting year.
Please note, this measure is at the dialysis practitioner level (the clinician who receives the Monthly Capitation Payment for overseeing dialysis care).
The proposed measure is a directly standardized percentage, which is adjusted for covariates (e.g. age and risk factors).
Percentage of nursing home residents age 65+ with persistent indicators of dementia and no diagnosis of dementia.
Number of adult patients 65 and older who are included in the denominator (i.e., have persistent signs and symptoms of dementia) and who do not have a diagnosis of dementia on any MDS assessment.
Percentage of children aged 1 through 20 years who received at least 2 topical fluoride applications as dental or oral health services within the reporting year.
The measure is specified for reporting at the program (e.g., Medicaid, CHIP, Health Insurance Marketplaces) and plan (e.g., dental and health plans) levels for both public and private/commercial reporting.
Percentage of children aged 1 through 20 years who received at least 2 topical fluoride applications as oral health services within the reporting year.
The Risk Standardized Mortality Ratio for Late-Stage CKD and ESRD is an outcome measure to assess how well providers prevent mortality among patients with stage 4 or 5 CKD or ESRD. This measure assesses nephrology practices who care for adult Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries with late-stage CKD and ESRD.
Rate of risk-standardized acute, unplanned hospital admissions among Medicare fee-for-service
(FFS) beneficiaries 65 years and older with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) who are assigned to an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).
Risk-standardized rate of acute, unplanned cardiovascular-related hospital admissions among Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) patients aged 65 years and older with heart failure (HF) or cardiomyopathy.
Percentage of women who 1) received or had documented use of most or moderately effective contraception and 2) received a long-acting reversible contraceptive method during the calendar year.
To focus the measure on the population of women interested in contraceptive services, the denominator excludes those individuals who did not receive or have documented use of a method if they indicated during the year that they did not want these services, as well as those who are eligible for postpartum contraceptive services during the measurement period.