CAPITULO II La Calidad de los Servicios
4.2 Planeación de la Encuesta
Introduction
Rationale: Updated contact information is needed for readmission and complication measures.
Description of Changes:
Change 3rd sentence in 4th paragraph to:
Questions and comments about the readmission measures should be directed to [email protected].
Change 4th sentence in 4th paragraph to:
Questions and comments about the THA/TKA complication measure should be directed to [email protected].
Impacts:
READM-30-AMI
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes: Description
Change to:
The measure estimates a hospital-level, risk-standardized, all-cause unplanned 30-day
readmission rate for patients discharged from the hospital with a principal discharge diagnosis of AMI.
Numerator Statement Change to:
This outcome measure does not have a traditional numerator and denominator like a core process measure (e.g., percentage of adult patients with diabetes aged 18-75 years receiving one or more hemoglobin A1c tests per year); thus, we are using this field to define our
outcome. The calculation of the rate is defined below under Measure Calculation.
The outcome for this measure is 30-day all-cause unplanned readmission. We define this as readmission for any unplanned cause within 30 days from the date of discharge of the index AMI admission.
Admissions not counted as readmissions (“Planned readmissions”) Change to:
Admissions identified as planned by the planned readmissions algorithm are not counted as readmissions. The “algorithm” is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as planned using Medicare claims. The algorithm identifies admissions that are typically planned and may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. CMS based the planned readmission algorithm on three principles:
1. A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation);
2. Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and
3. Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned. The planned readmission algorithm uses a flow chart and four tables of procedures and
conditions to operationalize these principles and to classify readmissions as planned. The flow chart and tables are available in a report, CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 – General Population at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1: General Population report
Impacts: READM-30-HF
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes: Description
Change to:
The measure estimates a hospital-level, risk-standardized, all-cause unplanned 30-day
readmission rate for patients discharged from the hospital with a principal discharge diagnosis of HF.
Numerator Statement Change to:
This outcome measure does not have a traditional numerator and denominator like a core process measure (e.g., percentage of adult patients with diabetes aged 18-75 years receiving one or more hemoglobin A1c tests per year); thus, we are using this field to define our
outcome. The calculation of the rate is defined below under Measure Calculation.
The outcome for this measure is 30-day all-cause unplanned readmission. We define this as readmission for any unplanned cause within 30 days from the date of discharge of the index HF admission.
Add new topic after ‘Cohort exclusions (excluded admissions)’ topic: Admissions not counted as readmissions (“Planned readmissions”)
Admissions identified as planned by the planned readmissions algorithm are not counted as readmissions. The “algorithm” is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as planned using Medicare claims. The algorithm identifies admissions that are typically planned and may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. CMS based the planned readmission algorithm on three principles:
1. A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation);
2. Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and
3. Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned. The planned readmission algorithm uses a flow chart and four tables of procedures and
conditions to operationalize these principles and to classify readmissions as planned. The flow chart and tables are available in a report, CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 –
General Population at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1: General Population report
Impacts: READM-30-PN
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes: Description
Change to:
The measure estimates a hospital-level, risk-standardized, all-cause unplanned 30-day
readmission rate for patients discharged from the hospital with a principal discharge diagnosis of pneumonia (PN).
Numerator Statement Change to:
This outcome measure does not have a traditional numerator and denominator like a core process measure (e.g., percentage of adult patients with diabetes aged 18-75 years receiving one or more hemoglobin A1c tests per year); thus, we are using this field to define our
outcome. The calculation of the rate is defined below under Measure Calculation.
The outcome for this measure is 30-day all-cause unplanned readmission. We define this as readmission for any unplanned cause within 30 days from the date of discharge of the index pneumonia admission.
Add new topic after ‘Cohort exclusions (excluded admissions)’ topic: Admissions not counted as readmissions (“Planned readmissions”)
Admissions identified as planned by the planned readmissions algorithm are not counted as readmissions. The “algorithm” is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as planned using Medicare claims. The algorithm identifies admissions that are typically planned and may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. CMS based the planned readmission algorithm on three principles:
1. A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation);
2. Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and
3. Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned. The planned readmission algorithm uses a flow chart and four tables of procedures and
conditions to operationalize these principles and to classify readmissions as planned. The flow chart and tables are available in a report, CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 – General Population at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1: General Population report.
Impacts:
READM-30-THA/TKA
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes: Performance Measure Name
Add after risk-standardized readmission rate: (RSRR)
Rationale
Add new 1st sentence and 2nd sentence in 2nd paragraph:
Hospitals vary in their readmission rates. Analyses in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients (2008-2010) demonstrate a median hospital-level RSRR of 5.7% (range 3.2% to 9.9%) after elective primary THA and/or TKA, suggesting room for improvement in clinical care.
Add new 1st sentence in 3rd paragraph:
The variation in readmission rates across hospitals suggests there are considerable differences in the quality of care at the hospital level.
Numerator Statement Change 2nd paragraph to:
The outcome for this measure is unplanned readmission within 30 days. The measure defines a readmission as an unplanned subsequent acute care hospital inpatient admission within 30 days of the discharge date of index admission. The intent is to include all readmissions except for those associated with another elective primary THA/TKA procedure or other planned
procedure, which are considered planned readmissions (see below) and are excluded from the measure outcome as they are likely not adequate measures of care quality. An index
admission is any eligible hospitalization to an acute care hospital assessed in the measure for the readmission outcome.
Admissions not counted as readmissions (“Planned readmissions”) Change 1st sentence in 1st paragraph to:
Some patients are readmitted within 30 days of the index hospitalization to undergo another elective primary THA/TKA procedure.
Add new paragraph:
Additionally, admissions identified as planned by the planned readmissions algorithm are not counted as readmissions. The “algorithm” is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as planned using Medicare claims. The algorithm identifies admissions that are typically planned and may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. CMS based the planned
readmission algorithm on three principles:
1. A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation);
2. Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and
3. Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned. The planned readmission algorithm uses a flow chart and four tables of procedures and
chart and tables are available in a report, CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 – General Population at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1: General Population report.
Impacts:
READM-30-HWR
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes:
Admissions not counted as readmissions (“Planned readmissions”) Change to:
Admissions identified as planned by the planned readmissions algorithm are not counted as readmissions. The “algorithm” is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as planned using Medicare claims. The algorithm identifies admissions that are typically planned and may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. CMS based the planned readmission algorithm on three principles:
1. A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation);
2. Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and
3. Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned. The planned readmission algorithm uses a flow chart and four tables of procedures and
conditions to operationalize these principles and to classify readmissions as planned. The flow chart and tables are available in a report, CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 - General Population at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1: General Population report
Remove:
List of planned procedures (Table 1)
ICD-9-CM codes for procedures are aggregated into procedure categories using the AHRQ Clinical Classification System (CCS). Table 1 contains the list of procedure categories that are considered potentially planned. Readmissions in which any of these procedures are performed are considered planned if the discharge condition category is not acute or a complication of care (i.e., not listed in Table 2).
Remove in its entirety: Table 1
Remove:
List of discharge condition categories that are acute or complications of care (Table 2)
ICD-9-CM codes for the principal discharge diagnosis are aggregated into discharge condition categories using the AHRQ CCS. Table 2 contains the list of discharge condition categories considered either acute or complications of care. Admissions in which a planned procedure was performed are only considered “planned” if the patient was not admitted for an acute illness or complication of care (i.e., if the discharge condition category is not listed in Table 2). Remove in its entirety:
Impacts:
COMP-THA/TKA
Rationale: Adding planned readmission algorithm language to reflect Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure updates.
Description of Changes: Performance Measure Name
Add after risk-standardized complication rate: (RSCR)
Description
Remove in 1st sentence: ‘s’ in the word “complications” Data Accuracy
Change 3rd sentence to:
A validation study to determine whether administrative data can reliably identify complications showed a final overall agreement of 99% between claims and medical records in identifying complications after minor changes to the complication definition.
Subsection 10.3 – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)