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Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly

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      Need clarification on measure CMS156v12 for providers moving forward.
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      Need clarification on measure CMS156v12 for providers moving forward.

      This is 2nd request for response. Original request from 2/28:

      For measure pertaining to high-risk medications in the elderly - example:

      If patient is prescribed Digoxin x 30 days and given 2 refills; no other high- risk medications, does this measure pass? If same scenario, but 3 refills are given, does this measure fail?

      Also, if a provider prescribes a high-risk medication from one class (benzo) and a different provider prescribes a high-risk medication from another class (endocrine), will that count as a fail?

      Lastly, if a patient is prescribed a high-risk medication and given 120 tabs x 1 refill, but the patient can take up to 4 tabs a day, is that still exceeding the dosing for this measure?

            edave Mathematica EC eCQM Team
            cmach99 Christine Mach
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