I am inquiring on both ECQM844 Hospital Wide Mortality and ECQM529 Hospital Wide Morbidity Measures.

The specification states:

All Medicare Fee-For-Service encounters age 65 to 94 years at the start of an inpatient admission, who are discharged during the measurement period (length of stay <365 days).

NOTE: All Medicare Fee-For-Service encounters meeting the above criteria should be included, regardless if Medicare Fee-For-Service is the primary, secondary, or tertiary payer.

1. Can you please confirm that all Medicare plan products should be included in the denominator? a. Examples: Supplemental or wrap plans, Replacement plans, SCO (Dual eligible plans), Medicare managed care plans; and public payer plans