National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)The latest news from National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.Annual monitoring for patients on persistent medications: percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of a- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of ambulatory medication therapy for diuretics during the measurement year and at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine or a blood urea nitrogen therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year. This measure is a component of a composite measure. For each product line, four separate rates and a combined rate are reported. The other three rates pertain..http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10067 Annual monitoring for patients on persistent medications: percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of a- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of ambulatory medication therapy for digoxin during the measurement year and at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine or a blood urea nitrogen therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year. This measure is a component of a composite measure. For each product line, four separate rates and a combined rate are reported. The other three rates pertain...http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10066 Use of high-risk medications in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least two different high-risk me- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least two different high-risk medications (see the related National Quality Measures Clearinghouse NQMC summary of the National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA measure Use of high-risk medications in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least one high-risk medication).http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10071 Annual monitoring for patients on persistent medications: percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of a- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of ambulatory medication therapy for angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) during the measurement year and at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine or a blood urea nitrogen therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year. This measure is a component of a composite measure. For each product line, four...http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10065 Annual monitoring for patients on persistent medications: percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of a- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least a 180-days supply of ambulatory medication therapy for anticonvulsants (phenobarbital, carbamazepine, phenytoin, divalproex sodium, valproic acid) during the measurement year and at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine or a blood urea nitrogen therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year. This measure is a component of a composite measure. For each product line,...http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10068 Use of high-risk medications in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least one high-risk medication.- January 1, 2005 This measure is used to assess the percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least one high risk medication (see the related National Quality Measures Clearinghouse NQMC summary of the National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA measure Use of high-risk medications in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who received at least two different high-risk medications).http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10070 |