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TABLE 52: Individual Quality Cross-Cutting Measures for the PQRS to Be Available for
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Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting
Among Adolescents: The percentage of
adolescents 12 to 20 years of age with a
primary care visit during the
measurement year for whom tobacco use
status was documented and received help
with quitting if identified as a tobacco
user
Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
PQRS.
Hepatitis C: One-Time Screening for
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) for Patients
at Risk: Percentage of patients aged 18
years and older with one or more of the
following: a history of injection drug use,
receipt of a blood transfusion prior to
1992, receiving maintenance
hemodialysis OR birthdate in the years
1945-1965 who received a one-time
screening for HCV infection
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For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
PQRS.
Medication Reconciliation: Percentage
of patients aged 18 years and older
discharged from any inpatient facility (for
example, hospital, skilled nursing facility,
or rehabilitation facility) and seen within
30 days following discharge in the office
by the physician, prescribing practitioner,
registered nurse, or clinical pharmacist
providing on-going care who had a
reconciliation of the discharge
medications with the current medication
list in the outpatient medical record
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stratified by age group:
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Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
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Preventive Care and Screening:
Influenza Immunization: Percentage of
patients aged 6 months and older seen for
a visit between October 1 and March 31
who received an influenza immunization
OR who reported previous receipt of an
influenza immunization
Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
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Pneumonia Vaccination Status for
Older Adults: Percentage of patients 65
years of age and older who have ever
received a pneumococcal vaccine
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Commenters supported the inclusion of
this measure as cross cutting "due to its
focus on critical care coordination
transitions between hospitals and
ambulatory care providers." As such,
CMS is finalizing its proposal to make
this measure reportable as a cross-cutting
measure for 2015 PQRS. We note that
while the proposed rule limited the
applicability of this measure to patients
65 years and older, the range of this
mesaure was changed to include patients
18-64 years of age by the measure
steward. This measure update is endorsed
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Care Plan: Percentage of patients aged
65 years and older who have an advance
care plan or surrogate decision maker
documented in the medical record or
documentation in the medical record that
an advance care plan was discussed but
the patient did not wish or was not able to
name a surrogate decision maker or
provide an advance care plan
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For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
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Preventive Care and Screening: Body
Mass Index (BMI) Screening and
Follow-Up Plan: Percentage of patients
aged 18 years and older with a BMI
documented during the current encounter
or during the previous six months AND
with a BMI outside of normal parameters,
a follow-up plan is documented during
the encounter or during the previous six
months of the current encounter
Normal Parameters: Age 65 years and
older BMI 2:23 and< 30 kg/m2; Age 1864 years BMI 2: 18.5 and< 25 kg/m2
Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
PQRS.
Documentation of Current Medications
in the Medical Record: Percentage of
visits for patients aged 18 years and older
for which the eligible professional attests
to documenting a list of current
medications using all immediate
resources available on the date of the
encounter. This list must include ALL
known prescriptions, over-the-counters,
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Pain Assessment and Follow-Up:
Percentage of visits for patients aged 18
years and older with documentation of a
pain assessment using a standardized
tool( s) on each visit AND documentation
of a follow-up plan when pain is present
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Screening for Clinical Depression and
Follow-Up Plan: Percentage of patients
aged 12 years and older screened for
clinical depression on the date of the
encounter using an age appropriate
standardized depression screening tool
AND if positive, a follow-up plan is
documented on the date ofthe positive
screen
Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
proposal to make this measure reportable
as a cross-cutting measure for 2015
PQRS.
Functional Outcome Assessment:
Percentage of visits for patients aged 18
years and older with documentation of a
current functional outcome assessment
using a standardized functional outcome
assessment tool on the date of encounter
AND documentation of a care plan based
on identified functional outcome
deficiencies on the date ofthe identified
deficiencies
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No comments were received regarding
this measure being classified as crosscutting. CMS is finalizing its proposal to
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Preventive Care and Screening:
Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation
Intervention: Percentage of patients aged
18 years and older who were screened for
tobacco use one or more times within 24
months AND who received cessation
counseling intervention if identified as a
tobacco user
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Commenters agreed this measure was
appropriately classified as cross-cutting.
For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
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Childhood Immunization Status:
Percentage of children 2 years of age who
had four diphtheria, tetanus and acellular
pertussis (DTaP); three polio (IPV), one
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR);
three H influenza type B (HiB); three
hepatitis B (Hep B); one chicken pox
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three rotavirus (RV); and two influenza
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Falls: Screening for Fall Risk:
Percentage of patients 65 years of age and
older who were screened for future fall
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For this reason, CMS is finalizing its
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PQRS.
CAHPS for PQRS Clinician/Group
Survey:
• Getting timely care, appointments, and
information;
• How well providers Communicate;
• Patient's Rating of Provider;
• Access to Specialists;
• Health Promotion & Education;
• Shared Decision Making;
• Health Status/Functional Status;
• Courteous and Helpful Office Staff;
• Care Coordination;
• Between Visit Communication;
• Helping Your to Take Medication as
Directed; and
• Stewardship of Patient Resources
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Table 22 in the CY 2015 PFS
proposed rule (79 FR 40410) contained
the additional measures we proposed to
include in the PQRS measure set for CY
2015 and beyond. In Table 53, we
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we received on these measures as well
as our final decisions on these proposed
measures. We have also indicated the
PQRS reporting mechanism or
mechanisms through which each
measure could be submitted. As stated
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tables may also contain discussions of
comments we received related to
proposed changes to the measures
included in the quality performance
standard under the Shared Savings
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c. New PQRS Measures Available for
Reporting for 2015 and Beyond
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