Maintenance

The percentage of members 18-75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received an LDL-C test 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.

Percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the brain performed within 24 hours of arrival to the hospital for patients aged 18 years and older with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke or TIA or intracranial hemorrhage that includes documentation of the presence or absence of each of the following: hemorrhage and mass lesion and acute infarction.

The percentage of individuals >=18 years of age with concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines during the measurement year.

A lower rate indicates better performance.

Any time an endotracheal tube is placed into a patients airway in the Emergency Department (ED)or a patient arrives to the ED with an endotracheal tube already in place ( via EMS or hospital transfer) there should be appropriate confirmation of ETT placement and documentation of its performance in the medical record.

Admissions with a principal diagnosis of heart failure per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older. Excludes cardiac procedure admissions, 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.]

The CAHPS® Nursing Home Survey: Discharged Resident Instrument is a mail survey instrument to gather information on the experience of short stay (5 to 100 days) residents recently discharged from nursing homes. This survey can be used in conjunction with the CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Family Member Instrument and the Long Stay Resident Instrument. The survey instrument provides nursing home level scores on 4 global items. In addition, the survey provides nursing home level scores on summary measures valued by consumers; these summary measures or composites are currently being analyzed.

The CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Family Member Instrument is a mail survey instrument to gather information on the experiences of family members of long stay (greater than 100 days) residents currently in nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requested development of this questionnaire, which is intended to complement the CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Long-Stay Resident Instrument and the Discharged resident Instrument.

The CAHPS® Nursing Home Survey: Long-Stay Resident Instrument is an in-person survey instrument to gather information on the experience of long stay (greater than 100 days) residents currently in nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requested development of this survey, and can be used in conjunction with the CAHPS Nursing Home Survey: Family Member Instrument and Discharged Resident Instrument.

This is a survey-based measure and one of the family of surveys called CAHPS Surveys (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems)that are focused on patient experience. The questionnaire asks End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients receiving in-center hemodialysis care about the services and quality of care that they experience. Patients assess their dialysis providers, including nephrologists and medical and non-medical staff, the quality of dialysis care they receive, and information sharing about their disease.