Denominator: Patients 65 years and older who had a visit during the performance period.
- Exclusion: patients who were in Hospice care during the measurement year.
Numerator: Patients with at least two orders for the same high-risk medication on different days during the performance period.
Notes:
A lower score indicates better quality
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The list of Medications deemed risky by the measure steward involves systemic medications uncommonly prescribed by eye doctors. As a result, the vast majority of eye doctors will do very well on this measure with limited effort.
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The intent of the measure is to assess if the patient has been prescribed at least two of the same high-risk medications on different days.
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The intent of the measure is to assess if the reporting provider ordered the high-risk medication(s). If the patient had a high-risk medication previously prescribed by another provider, they would not be counted towards the numerator unless the reporting provider also ordered a high-risk medication for them.
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“Visit” is an encounter with at least one service with CPT code: 92002, 92012, 92004, 92014, 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99211, 99212, 99213, 99214, 99215, 99341, 99342, 99343, 99344, 99345, 99347, 99348, 99349, 99350, 99337, 99385, 99386, 99387, 99395, 99396, 99397, 92002, 92004, 92012, 92014, G0438, G0439.
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“Patients who were in Hospice care during the measurement year” is a patient with a SNOMED code of 385763009 – Hospice care (regime/therapy) or 385765002 – Hospice care management (procedure).