Primary Caries Prevention Intervention as Offered by Dentists

Percentage of children, 1 – 20 years of age, who received two fluoride varnish applications during the measurement period as determined by a dentist.

Child and Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk Assessment

Percentage of patient visits for those patients aged 6 through 16 years at the start of the measurement period with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) with an assessment for suicide risk.

Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed ADHD Medication

Percentage of children 6-12 years of age and newly prescribed a medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who had appropriate follow-up care. Two rates are reported.
a) Percentage of children who had one follow-up visit with a practitioner with prescribing authority during the 30-Day Initiation Phase.
b) Percentage of children who remained on ADHD medication for at least 210 days and who, in addition to the visit in the Initiation Phase, had at least two additional follow-up visits with a practitioner within 270 days (9 months) after the Initiation Phase ended.

Depression Remission at Twelve Months

The percentage of adolescent patients 12 to 17 years of age and adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who reached remission 12 months (+/- 60 days) after an index event date.

Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report

Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring clinician receives a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred.

Functional Status Assessment for Total Hip Replacement

Percentage of patients 19 years of age and older who received an elective primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and completed a functional status assessment within 90 days prior to the surgery and in the 300 – 425 days after the surgery.

Functional Status Assessments for Heart Failure

Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older with heart failure who completed initial and follow-up patient-reported functional status assessments.

HIV Annual Retention in Care

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) before or during the first 240 days of the performance period who had at least two eligible encounters or at least one eligible encounter and one HIV viral load test that were at least 90 days apart within the performance period.

HIV Viral Suppression

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, diagnosed with HIV prior to or during the first 90 days of the performance period, with an eligible encounter in the first 240 days of the performance period, whose last HIV viral load test result was less than 200 copies/mL during the performance period.

Cervical Cancer Screening

Percentage of women 21-64 years of age who were screened for cervical cancer using either of the following criteria:* Women age 21-64 who had cervical cytology performed within the last 3 years* Women age 30-64 who had cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) testing performed within the last 5 years