This measure identifies adult patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis who received appropriate baseline liver function testing (AST or ALT) within 90 days before to 14 days after the new start of sulfasalazine, methotrexate, leflunomide, azathioprine, cyclosporine or cyclophosphamide during the measurement year.
This measure identifies adult patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis who received appropriate baseline serum creatinine testing within 90 days before to 14 days after the new start of methotrexate, leflunomide, azathioprine, D-Penicillamine, intramuscular gold, cyclosporine, or cyclophosphamide during the measurement year.
This is a hospital based, risk adjusted, case mix adjusted elderly surgery aggregate clinical outcomes measure of adults 65 years of age and older.
Risk adjusted, case mix adjusted urinary tract infection outcome measure of adults 18+ years after surgical procedure.
Patients age 50 or over with a fragility fracture who have either a dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan ordered or performed, or a prescription for FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis, or who are seen by or linked to a fracture liaison service prior to discharge from inpatient status,. If DXA is not available and documented as such, then any other specified fracture risk assessment method may be ordered or performed.
The average (geometric mean) hospital length of stay in days relative to the expected geometric mean length of stay of any well defined population of inpatients over a specified time interval
Risk-adjusted percentage of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 and older who undergo isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and are discharged alive but have a subsequent acute care hospital inpatient admission within 30 days of the date of discharge from the CABG hospitalization.
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG for whom mediastinitis or deep sternal wound infection is diagnosed within 30 days postoperatively or at any time during the hospitalization for surgery
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and order undergoing elective lobectomy for lung cancer who had a prolonged length of stay >14 days
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing elective esophagectomy for esophageal cancer who developed any of the following postoperative conditions: bleeding requiring reoperation, anastomosis leak requiring medical or surgical treatment, reintubation, ventilation >48 hours, pneumonia, or discharge mortality