STK-8: Stroke Education - EMR Limitations

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    • Type: Hosp Inpt eCQMs - Hospital Inpatient eCQMs
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Moderate
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      Thank you for your inquiry. I cannot speak to your vendor certification, but CMS107 (Stroke 8) is the CMS meaningful measure, therefore, it is unclear what the vendor is referring to. Based on your inquiry, there should not be 2 documentation areas to capture stroke education as a means to meet different requirements, as it will create duplicative work and confusion. eCQM's use value sets, which are designed to find a code that best represents your EHR documentation.
      However, if the patient didn't meet the numerator, I recommend looking at two things:
      1. Ensure that all 5 of the stroke education topics are addressed prior to discharge. This means that the nurse must document against each item to receive credit.
      2. Each educational topic must be mapped to its respective code in the value sets. Since the logic is looking for 5 codes, one code must be present from each value set.
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      Thank you for your inquiry. I cannot speak to your vendor certification, but CMS107 (Stroke 8) is the CMS meaningful measure, therefore, it is unclear what the vendor is referring to. Based on your inquiry, there should not be 2 documentation areas to capture stroke education as a means to meet different requirements, as it will create duplicative work and confusion. eCQM's use value sets, which are designed to find a code that best represents your EHR documentation. However, if the patient didn't meet the numerator, I recommend looking at two things: 1. Ensure that all 5 of the stroke education topics are addressed prior to discharge. This means that the nurse must document against each item to receive credit. 2. Each educational topic must be mapped to its respective code in the value sets. Since the logic is looking for 5 codes, one code must be present from each value set.
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      Printing Stroke Education to satisfy eCQM measure using the vendor's CEHRT and found that it did not put the patient in the Numerator. Vendor states that we must create custom education and attach SNOMED codes as their CEHRT documents may not satisfy the measure. Do the eCQMs follow the MU guidelines? We were told we could not use custom education to meet MU measures. Can we use custom education for eCQMs? Thank you!
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      Printing Stroke Education to satisfy eCQM measure using the vendor's CEHRT and found that it did not put the patient in the Numerator. Vendor states that we must create custom education and attach SNOMED codes as their CEHRT documents may not satisfy the measure. Do the eCQMs follow the MU guidelines? We were told we could not use custom education to meet MU measures. Can we use custom education for eCQMs? Thank you!

          Assignee:
          Joelencia Leflore
          Reporter:
          Lindsay Gott (Inactive)
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