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Resolution: Answered
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Gary R. Meadows
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9105928511
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Sampson Regional Medical Center
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CMS0068v12
I have questions regarding the recording of the numerator and denominator for CMS68: Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record. Our vendor has told us that the measure indicates for the 2023 reporting year that the medications must be reviewed during 100% of the visits for each patient. Otherwise, the measure fails for this patient for the entire year. This would indicate that the denominator is the total of the unique patient population for the entire year. Our interpretation for this measure is that the denominator is the total visit count as follows: that each visit during the year is counted in the denominator, so a patient could have 5 visits during the period and if the medications are listed and reviewed during four of those visits, but not during one of them, that would cause the numerator to increase by 4, while the denominator would increase by 5 (4/5). In the vendor's scenario, the denominator would only increase by one for this patient and the numerator would not increase at all (0/1). Can you please provide clarity regarding the way this measure is calculated, so that I can make sure we are calculating the measure correctly?