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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma in Older Adults Admission Rate (PQI 05)

  • Admissions with a principal diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma per 100,000 population, ages 40 years and older. Excludes obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions.

    [NOTE: The software provides the rate per population. However, common practice reports the measure as per 100,000 population. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 100,000 to report admissions per 100,000 population.]

    CBE ID
    0275

Chronic Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Lipid Control

  • Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who have a LDL-C result <100 mg/dL OR patients who have a LDL-C result >=100 mg/dL and have a documented plan of care to achieve LDL-C <100mg/dL, including at a minimum the prescription of a statin

    CBE ID
    0074

Chronic Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Symptom and Activity Assessment

  • Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period for whom there is documented results of an evaluation of level of activity AND an evaluation of presence or absence of anginal symptoms in the medical record

    CBE ID
    0065

Clinician-Level and Clinician Group-Level Total Hip Arthroplasty and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (THA and TKA) Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (PRO-PM)

  • This patient-reported outcome-based performance measure uses the same measure specifications as the NQF-endorsed (NQF # 3559) hospital-level risk-standardized improvement rate (RSIR) following elective primary THA/TKA with the following exception: this measure attributes the outcome to a clinician or clinician group. Specifically, this measure will estimate a clinician-level and/or a clinician group-level RSIR following elective primary THA/TKA for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients 65 years of age and older.

    CBE ID
    3639

Clinician/Group’s Cultural Competence Based on the CAHPS® Cultural Competence Item Set

  • These measures are based on the CAHPS Cultural Competence Item Set, a set of supplemental items for the CAHPS Clinician/Group Survey that includes the following domains: Patient-provider communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; Experiences of discrimination due to race/ethnicity, insurance, or language; Experiences leading to trust or distrust, including level of trust, caring and confidence in the truthfulness of their provide; and Linguistic competency (Access to language services).

    CBE ID
    1904