Day 1: May 23, 2017 |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome, Introductions, and Review of Meeting Objectives |
| Harold Pincus, Medicaid Adult Task Force Chair
Debjani Mukherjee, Senior Director, NQF
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9:10 AM |
Introductions of Task Force Members and Disclosures of Interest |
| Elisa Munthali, VP Quality Measurement, NQF
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9:20 AM |
Overview of Meeting Materials and Key Points from Staff Review of Core Set |
| Miranda Kuwahara, Project Analyst, NQF
What do we know about states’ uptake of measures?
What do we know about states’ performance on measures?
Patterns apparent in technical assistance requests
Core set measure updates (maintenance, loss of endorsement, new endorsement)
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9:50 AM |
Key Considerations from CMS |
| Karen Matsuoka, PhD, CMCS Chief Quality Officer and Director, Division of Quality and Health Outcomes
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10:00 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Deirdra Stockmann, PhD, Division of Quality and Health Outcomes
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10:15 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Judy Zerzan, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
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11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:15 AM |
Measure-Specific Recommendations on Strengthening the Adult Core Set |
| Harold Pincus
Shaconna Gorham
Examine measures with low reporting uptake
Feasibility of states collecting and reporting the measure
Review and select measures to fill gap areas
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12:45 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
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1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 PM |
Continue Measure-Specific Recommendations on Strengthening the Adult Core Set |
| Harold Pincus
Shaconna Gorham
Continue to review and select measures to fill gap areas
Rank new measures selected for potential addition to the set
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2:50 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment and Break |
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3:15 PM |
Prioritizing Remaining Measure Gap Areas |
| Harold Pincus
Debjani Mukherjee
Set the stage for MAP’s next review and/or guide development efforts
Future opportunities to fill gap areas such as measure concepts
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3:50 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
| Harold Pincus
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4:00 PM |
Adjourn for the Day |
| Harold Pincus
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Day 2: May 24, 2017 |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
CEO Welcome Remarks |
| Shantanu Agrawal, MD, President and CEO, NQF
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9:10 AM |
Welcome |
| Richard Antonelli, Child Task Force Chair
Harold Pincus, Adult Task Force Chair
Review objectives for joint discussion
Share relevant highlights from previous day
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9:20 AM |
Introductions of Task Force Members and Disclosures of Interest for the MAP Child Taskforce Members |
| Elisa Munthali, VP Quality Measurement, NQF
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9:30 AM |
Key Considerations from CMS |
| Karen Matsuoka, PhD, CMCS Chief Quality Officer and Director, Division of Quality and Health Outcomes
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9:40 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Lekisha Daniel-Robinson, MSPH, CMS Maternal-Infant Health Technical Director
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9:55 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Mary Applegate, MD, FAAP, FACP, Medical Director, Ohio Medicaid
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10:35 AM |
Break |
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10:50 AM |
Issues of Shared Importance: Adult and Child Continuum of Care: Looking at Maternal and Infant Health Measures across the Core Sets |
| Richard Antonelli
Harold Pincus
Shaconna Gorham
Measure continuum for discussion
Point of view from state representative(s)
Identify measures to fill gap areas in the Child and Adult Core Sets
Vote on inclusion of measures in Child Core Set, if any
Vote on inclusion of measures in Adult Core Set, if any, and relative priority for addition based on previous day’s discussion
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Measures Recommended by Task Force Members |
Gap Area: Maternal and reproductive health |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- NQF #0480 PC-05 Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding
- Description: PC-05 assesses the number of newborns exclusively fed breast milk during the newborn's entire hospitalization. This measure is a part of a set of five nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, PC-02: Cesarean Birth, PC-03: Antenatal Steroids, PC-04: Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Newborns). (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2830 PC-05 Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding
- Description: PC-05 assesses the number of newborns exclusively fed breast milk during the newborn's entire hospitalization. This measure is a part of a set of five nationally implemented measures that address perinatal care (PC-01: Elective Delivery, PC-02: Cesarean Section, PC-03: Antenatal Steroids, PC-04: Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Newborns). PC-05, Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding, is one of two measures in this set that have been reengineered as eCQMs and are included in the EHR Incentive Program and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2903: Contraceptive Care -- Most and Moderately Effective Methods
- Description: The percentage of women aged 15-44 years at risk of unintended pregnancy that is provided a most effective (i.e., sterilization, implants, intrauterine devices or systems (IUD/IUS)) or moderately effective (i.e., injectables, oral pills, patch, ring, or diaphragm) FDA-approved method of contraception.The proposed measure is an intermediate outcome measure because it represents a decision that is made at the end of a clinical encounter about the type of contraceptive method a woman will use, and because of the strong association between type of contraceptive method used and risk of unintended pregnancy. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
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12:30PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
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12:40 PM |
Lunch |
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1:15 PM |
Continue Issues of Shared Importance: Adult and Child Continuum of Care: Looking at Asthma Measures across the Core Sets |
| Richard Antonelli
Harold Pincus
Shaconna Gorham
Measure continuum for discussion
Point of view from state representative(s)
Identify measures to fill gap areas in the Child and Adult Core Sets
Vote on inclusion of measures in Child Core Set, if any
Vote on inclusion of measures in Adult Core Set, if any, and relative priority for addition based on previous day’s discussion
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Measures Recommended by Task Force Members |
Gap Area: Asthma |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- NQF #1800: Asthma Medication Ratio (AMR)
- Description: The percentage of members 5–64 years of age who were identified as having persistent asthma and had a ratio of controller medications to total asthma medications of 0.50 or greater during the measurement year (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
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2:55 PM |
Break |
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3:10 PM |
Supporting States’ Ability to Report Measures and Recommendations to Strengthen the Core Sets |
| Richard Antonelli
Debjani Mukherjee
Discuss methodological issues such as stratification for addressing QI across age groups and multiple conditions
Point of view from state representative(s)
Task Force discussion on issues at state level
What do states need for improving measure reporting rates
Recommendations for HHS/CMS
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3:50 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
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4:00 PM |
Summarize Progress and Adjourn for the Day |
| Richard Antonelli
Harold Pincus
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Day 3: May 25, 2017 |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome Back |
| Richard Antonelli
Review the day’s objectives
Share relevant highlights from previous day
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9:15 AM |
Overview of Meeting Materials and Key Points from Staff Review of Core Set |
| May Nacion, Project Manager, NQF
What do we know about states’ uptake of measures?
What do we know about states’ performance on measures?
Patterns apparent in technical assistance requests
Core set measure updates (maintenance, loss of endorsement, new endorsement)
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9:45 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Laurie Norris JD, CMS Senior Policy Advisor for Oral Health Initiative
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10:00 AM |
CMS/State Perspectives Panel |
| Lindsay Cogan, PhD, MS, Director, Quality Measurement and Evaluation Unit, New York State Department of Health
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10:40 AM |
Break |
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10:55 AM |
Measure-Specific Recommendations on Strengthening the Child Core Set |
| Richard Antonelli
Shaconna Gorham
Examine measures with low reporting uptake
Feasibility of states collecting and reporting the measure
Review and select measures to fill gap areas
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12:25 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
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12:35 PM |
Lunch |
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1:05 PM |
Continue Measure-Specific Recommendations on Strengthening the Child Core Set |
| Richard Antonelli
Shaconna Gorham
PQMP Measure Development and Endorsement
Continue to review and select measures to fill gap areas
Rank new measures selected for potential addition to the set
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2:35 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment and Break |
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3:00 PM |
Prioritizing Remaining Measure Gap Areas |
| Richard Antonelli
Debjani Mukherjee
Set the stage for MAP’s next review and/or guide development efforts
Future opportunities to fill gap areas such as measure concepts
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3:50 PM |
Opportunity for Public Comment |
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4:00 PM |
Summarize Next Steps and Adjourn Meeting |
| Richard Antonelli
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Measures Recommended by Task Force Members |
Gap Area: Care coordination |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- NQF #2842: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC)-1 Has Care Coordinator
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 1, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details of FECC-1 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2843: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) -3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 3, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2844: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) -5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 5, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2845: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) -7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 7, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2846: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC)-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 8, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details for FECC-8 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2847: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) -9: Appropriate written visit summary content
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 9, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details for FECC-9 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2849: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC)-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 15, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details for FECC-15 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #2850: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC)-16: Child has shared care plan
- Description: The Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC) Survey was developed to gather information about the quality of care coordination being received by children with medical complexity (CMC) over the previous 12 months. The FECC Survey is completed by English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of CMC aged 0-17 years with at least 4 medical visits in the previous year, and it includes all of the information needed to score 20 separate and independent quality measures, a sub-set of 8 of which are included in this submitted measure set. CMC are identified from administrative data using the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA)1, which uses up to 3 years’ worth of International Classification of Diseases—9th Revision (ICD-9) codes to classify a child’s illness with regard to chronicity and complexity. CMC are children identified by the PMCA as having complex, chronic disease. The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 16, described below. The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details for FECC-16 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b):2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator2843: FECC-3: Care coordinator helped to obtain community services2844: FECC-5: Care coordinator asked about concerns and health changes2845: FECC-7: Care coordinator assisted with specialist service referrals2846: FECC-8: Care coordinator was knowledgeable, supportive and advocated for child’s needs2847: FECC-9: Appropriate written visit summary content2849: FECC-15: Caregiver has access to medical interpreter when needed2850: FECC-16: Child has shared care planEach of the quality measures is scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating better care. For dichotomous measures, a score of 100 indicates the child received the recommended care; a score of 0 indicates that they did not. Please see Detailed Measure Specifications (see S.2b) for additional measure-specific scoring information. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #1659: Influenza Immunization
- Description: Measure Description: Inpatients age 6 months and older discharged during October, November, December, January, February or March who are screened for influenza vaccine status and vaccinated prior to discharge if indicated. (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
- NQF #3154: Informed Coverage
- Description: Brief Description of Measure: Improved measurement of the continuity of insurance coverage in the Medicaid and CHIP population is needed to help maximize insurance continuity and coverage for vulnerable children. To further this goal, the AHRQ-CMS CHIPRA PQMP Center of Excellence at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia developed the metric Informed Coverage. The metric is designed to more accurately measure coverage among children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP at the state level and overcome the current inability in the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) dataset to determine whether a child disenrolled from Medicaid and CHIP due to loss of eligibility (such as due to parental income increase or the acquisition of employer-sponsored insurance, a “good” reason) or failure to appropriately re-enroll (a “bad” reason). This measure can help federal and state programs develop strategies to retain children eligible for coverage and minimize gaps that can occur during the renewal process. Informed Coverage assesses the continuity of enrollment of children in publicly financed insurance programs (Medicaid and CHIP), as defined by the ratio of enrolled month to eligible months over an 18 month observation window. Informed Coverage uses a natural experiment based on the random event of appendicitis to “inform” the estimate of coverage in a given state, bounded by two extreme assumptions regarding unknown eligibility (Measure Specifications; Summary of NQF Endorsement Review)
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Gap Area: Cost measures |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- Emergency Department Visits - Potentially Treatable in Primary Care
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Gap Area: Mental health |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- NQF #2800: Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics
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Gap Area: Sickle cell disease |
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| Measures for Discussion and Voting
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- NQF #3166: Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia
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