Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older screened for depression on the date of the encounter or up to 14 days prior to 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 of or up to two days after the date of the qualifying encounter.
Measure Type: Process
Oncology: Medical and Radiation – Pain Intensity Quantified
Percentage of patient visits, regardless of patient age, with a diagnosis of cancer currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy in which pain intensity is quantified.
Oncology: Medical and Radiation – Plan of Care for Pain
Percentage of visits for patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy who report having pain with a documented plan of care to address pain.
Radiology: Exposure Dose Indices Reported for Procedures Using Fluoroscopy
Final reports for procedures using fluoroscopy that document radiation exposure indices.
Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis
The percentage of episodes for patients 3 years and older with a diagnosis of pharyngitis that resulted in an antibiotic order on or within 3 days after the episode date and a group A Streptococcus (Strep) test in the seven-day period from three days prior to the episode date through three days after the episode date.
Prostate Cancer: Avoidance of Overuse of Bone Scan for Staging Low Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of prostate cancer at low (or very low) risk of recurrence receiving interstitial prostate brachytherapy, OR external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, OR radical prostatectomy who did not have a bone scan performed at any time since diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Breast Cancer Screening
Percentage of women 40 – 74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the 27 months prior to the end of the measurement period.
Breast Cancer Screening
Percentage of women 40 – 74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the 27 months prior to the end of the measurement period.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Percentage of patients 45-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Percentage of patients 45-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.