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EH/CAH eCQMs - Eligible Hospitals/Critical Access Hospitals
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Resolution: Resolved
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Minor
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None
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Barbara Katzenberg
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617 783 7964
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Allscripts
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Intent of criterion "Laboratory Test, Result: Macroalbumin Test (result: 'Positive Finding')"
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CMS134v3/NQF0062
"Positive finding" for Macroalbumin Test does not reflect the way test results are captured in the hospitals we work with. We only see results for urine, microalbumin, whose numeric result differentiates between microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria. We also do not have a way to affix a value set code for positive to a numeric result. Please confirm that the intent is that a clinician would need to separately document that the high value returned by the lab is in fact "positive" for macroalbuminuria. This seems burdensome double documentation.