[CQM-7394] Clarification on transferring to IP within 45 minutes (CMS-7531 solution) Created: 10/31/24 Updated: 11/14/24 Resolved: 11/14/24 |
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Status: | Closed |
Project: | eCQM Issue Tracker |
Component/s: | None |
Type: | OQR eCQMs - Outpatient Quality Reporting | Priority: | Moderate |
Reporter: | Meghan Hocks | Assignee: | Mathematica EH eCQM Team |
Resolution: | Answered | Votes: | 0 |
Labels: | None |
Contact Name: | Meghan Hocks |
Contact Email: | mhocks@health.southalabama.edu |
Contact Phone: | 2516895308 |
Institution/Name: | USA Health |
Solution: | Thank you for your inquiry regarding CMS0966: Appropriate Treatment for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients in the Emergency Department (ED). Your understanding of the measure is correct. The third numerator (discharge to PCI-capable facility within 45 minutes) accounts for instances where the patient may be transferred to inpatient care to receive alternative treatment or additional diagnostic tests. In this case, a transfer to inpatient care at the same facility as the ED within 45 minutes would count towards the numerator. |
Solution Posted On: | |
2024 Reporting Period Outpatient eCQMs: |
CMS0996v4
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Description |
I was watching
After reading that, I just want to clarify: If a patient were to be admitted to inpatient at the same facility as the ED they were seen at within 45 minutes, they would be part of the numerator even if no intervention for the STEMI was actually done besides the transfer?
Because our facility mostly does PCI in the ED and then transfers to inpatient, but occasionally they are just admitted to inpatient and started on a heparin drip and have the PCI done the next day. For those patients, because they were admitted within the 45 minutes, they would fall into the numerator based off the previously mentioned solution. |
Comments |
Comment by Mathematica EH eCQM Team [ 11/08/24 ] |
We continue to investigate the issue noted in your ticket and will provide a response as soon as we are able. Thank you for your patience. |
Comment by Mathematica EH eCQM Team [ 11/01/24 ] |
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