Global Malnutrition Composite Score - MST Screening prior to Admit Time

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    • Type: Hosp Inpt eCQMs - Hospital Inpatient eCQMs
    • Resolution: Answered
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    • Arlene Wells
    • 850-804-6435
    • Ascension Sacred Heart
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      Thank you for your inquiry regarding CMS986v4, the Malnutrition Care Score (MCS). For Reporting Periods 2025 (v4) and 2026 (v5), measure observations completed in any status outside of inpatient admission of 24 hours or more (or an associated observation or emergency department status) will not count toward measure performance. This means, measure observations completed under a different encounter type will not be credited towards the measure.
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      Thank you for your inquiry regarding CMS986v4, the Malnutrition Care Score (MCS). For Reporting Periods 2025 (v4) and 2026 (v5), measure observations completed in any status outside of inpatient admission of 24 hours or more (or an associated observation or emergency department status) will not count toward measure performance. This means, measure observations completed under a different encounter type will not be credited towards the measure.
    • CMS0986v4
    • We are missing approximately 30 - 40 patients in our population monthly because MST screens are being performed on the same date as admission but before the specific admission time. 

      In validation of this measure, I am finding a lot of patients are not being included into the measure because the MST is being completed prior to the admission time.  This is occurring in outpatient procedure settings that transition to inpatient.  Patients that screen positive have an automatic dietary consult.  However, we do not capture the consult or assessment because it populates before the admission time.  

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      Why can't the specifications indicate that the initial screen occur starting the same day as the initial date of the inpatient encounter instead of to the specific time? 

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            Mathematica EH eCQM Team
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            Arlene B Wells
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