Percent of acute ischemic stroke patients receiving intravenous alteplase therapy during the hospital stay who have a time from hospital arrival to initiation of thrombolytic therapy (door-to-needle time) of 60 minutes or less
This is a measure of follow-up clinical visits for patients with chronic conditions who have experienced an acute exacerbation of one of six conditions (eight categories) of interest (coronary artery disease [CAD] {high or low acuity}, hypertension {high or medium acuity}, heart failure [HF], diabetes, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]) and are among adult Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries who are attributed to entities participating in the CMMI Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) model.
Percentage of home health episodes of care in which the start or resumption of care date was either on the physician-specified date or within 2 days of the referral date or inpatient discharge date, whichever is later.
Percentage of discharges from an inpatient facility (eg, hospital inpatient or observation, skilled nursing facility, or rehabilitation facility) to home or any other site of care, of patients, regardless of age, for which a transition record was transmitted to the facility or primary physician or other health care professional designated for follow-up care within 24 hours of discharge
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing cardiac surgery who received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour of surgical incision or start of procedure if no incision was required (two hours if receiving vancomycin or fluoroquinolone)
Percentage of surgical patients aged 18 years and older who receive an anesthetic when undergoing procedures with the indications for prophylactic parenteral antibiotics for whom administration of a prophylactic parenteral antibiotic ordered has been initiated within one hour (if fluoroquinolone or vancomycin, two hours) prior to the surgical incision (or start of procedure when no incision is required)
The measure is reported as an overall rate which includes all hospitalized patients 18 years of age and older to whom tobacco use treatment was provided during the hospital stay, or offered and refused, and a second rate, a subset of the first, which includes only those patients who received tobacco use treatment during the hospital stay.
Hospitalized patients age 18 years and older who are screened within the first day of admission for tobacco use (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe and cigars) within the past 30 days.
The measure is reported as an overall rate which includes all hospitalized patients 18 years of age an older to whom tobacco use treatment was provided, or offered and refused, at the time of hospital discharge, and a second rate, a subset of the first, which includes only those patients who received tobacco use treatment at discharge. Treatment at discharge includes a referral to outpatient counseling and a prescription for one of the FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications.
The percentage of adolescents 12 to 20 years of age with a primary care visit during the measurement year for whom tobacco use status was documented and received help with quitting if identified as a tobacco user.