Colorectal Cancer Screening (COL)
Description
The percentage of patients 50–75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.
The percentage of patients 50–75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CAP) with an appropriate empiric antibiotic prescribed
The percentage of patients 18–75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who had each of the following:
- Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing (NQF#0057)
- HbA1c poor control (>9.0%) (NQF#0059)
- HbA1c control (<8.0%) (NQF#0575)
- HbA1c control (<7.0%) for a selected population*
- Eye exam (retinal) performed (NQF#0055)
- LDL-C screening (NQF#0063)
- LDL-C control (<100 mg/dL) (NQF#0064)
- Medical attention for nephropathy (NQF#0062)
- BP control (<140/90 mm Hg) (NQF#0061)
- Smoking status and cessation advice or treatment
The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who had an eye exam (retinal) performed.
The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received an HbA1c test during the measurement year.
The percentage of members 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent LDL-C test is <100 mg/dL during the measurement year.
The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received a nephropathy screening test or monitoring test or had evidence of nephropathy during the measurement year.
The percentage of patients age 18 years or older with poorly controlled COPD, who are taking a long acting bronchodilator.
Percentage of final reports for all patients, regardless of age, undergoing bone scintigraphy that include physician documentation of correlation with existing relevant imaging studies (eg, x-ray, MRI, CT) that were performed
The percentage of patients aged 18 to75 years with a diagnosis of diabetes whose most recent HbA1c value is between 8 and 10 percent and who are taking metformin.