Proportion of female patients (aged 18 years and older) with breast cancer who receive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing for overexpression or gene amplification
The percentage of patients aged 2 through 64 with a high risk condition, or aged 65 years and older who either received a pneumococcal vaccine (reported separately) or had a contraindication to pneumococcal vaccine (reported separately).
Percentage of residents with a valid target assessment and one of the following inclusion criteria: 1.Impaired in mobility or transfer on the target assessment
2. Comatose on the target assessment
3. Suffer malnutrition on the target assessment who have pressure ulcers
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with hip fracture as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 65 years and older. Excludes periprosthetic fracture discharges, obstetric discharges, cases in hospice care at admission, and transfers to another hospital.
[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital discharge. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 discharges. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report in-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges.]
The percentage of women with a history of breast cancer treated with curative intent who had breast cancer surveillance for local regional recurrence (LRR)annually.
The percentage of men with definitively treated localized prostate cancer who had at least one PSA level in the past 12 months.
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least one medical visit in each 6-month period within 24 months with a minimum of 60 days between medical visits.
A medical visit is any visit in an outpatient/ambulatory care setting with a nurse practitioner, physician, and/or a physician assistant who provides comprehensive HIV care.
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least one medical visit in each 6-month period of the 24-month measurement period with a minimum of 60 days between medical visits
A medical visit is any visit in an outpatient/ambulatory care setting with a nurse practitioner, physician, and/or a physician assistant who provides comprehensive HIV care.
To ensure that members diagnosed or seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases be screened for HIV.
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV with a HIV viral load less than 200 copies/mL at last HIV viral load test during the measurement year
A medical visit is any visit in an outpatient/ambulatory care setting with a nurse practitioner, physician, and/or a physician assistant who provides comprehensive HIV care.