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Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCH)

The Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Long-Term Care Hospitals (DTC-PAC LTCH) was developed to address the resource use and other measures domain of Discharge to the Community mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). This outcome measure assesses successful discharge to community from an LTCH, with successful discharge to community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following LTCH discharge.

CBE ID
3480

Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)

The Discharge to Community-Post Acute Care Measure for Skilled Nursing Facilities (DTC-PAC SNF) was developed to address the resource use and other measures domain of Discharge to the Community mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). This outcome measure assesses successful discharge to community from a SNF, with successful discharge to community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following SNF discharge.

CBE ID
3481

Dyslipidemia new med 12-week lipid test

This measure identifies patients age 18 or older who started lipid-lowering medication during the measurement year and had a lipid panel checked within 3 months after starting drug therapy.

CBE ID
0583

Emergency Care Capacity and Quality

This intermediate outcome eCQM captures the proportion of visits for patients of all ages that experience emergency care access barriers during a one-year performance period.

CBE ID
4625e