- Quality - 45% of total score: Report 6 measures, including one Outcome or one high priority measure for 12 months. To earn 1 or 3 points on a measure report at least one eligible case. To earn more than 3 points on a measure report at least 60 percent of eligible cases. Suggestions for your specialty include but are not limited to the following:
- #130 Documentation and Verification of Current Medications in the Medical Record* High Priority Note: This measures is reported/counted for every eligible patient visit vs. once per reporting period).
- #137 Melanoma: Continuity of Care-Recall System* High Priority
- #138 Melanoma: Coordination of Care* High Priority
- #226 Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention*
- #265 Biopsy Follow-Up* High Priority
- #317 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-up Documented*
- #337 Tuberculosis Prevention for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients on a Biological Immune Response Modifier*
- #374 Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report* - High Priority
- #402 Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents*
- #410 Psoriasis: Clinical Response to Oral Systemic or Biologic Medications*
- #440 Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)/Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC): Biopsy Reporting Time - Pathologist to Clinician* - High Priority
- *These 11 registry measures are part of the Dermatology Specialty Measures set.
- PI: Promoting Interoperability - 25% of total score: For a minimum of 90 days, report all required measures. EHR technology certified to the 2015 Edition certification must be in place by October 3, 2019. There are exclusions available for most of the 11 measures that are reported.
- e-Prescribing
- Query of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) (optional)
- Verify Opioid Treatment Agreement (optional)
- Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
- Support Electronic Referral Loops by Sending Health Information
- Support Electronic Referral Loops by Receiving and Incorporating Health Information
- Immunization Registry Reporting
- Syndromic Surveillance Reporting
- Electronic Case Reporting
- Public Health Registry Reporting
- Clinical Data Registry Reporting
- IA: Improvement Activities - 15% of total score: Attest that you completed up to 2 high-weighted activities or 4 medium-weighted activities for a minimum of 90 days. Groups with 15 or fewer participants or if you are in a rural or health professional shortage area, attest that you completed 1 high-weighted or 2 medium-weighted activities for a minimum of 90 days. The following is a sampling of some of the published IA measures:
- Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data on access (medium weighted).
- Annual registration in the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (medium weighted).
- Engagement of new Medicaid patients and follow-up (high weighted).
- Engage patients and families to guide improvement in the system of care (medium weighted).
- Implementation of documentation improvements for practice/process improvements (medium weighted).
- Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results (medium weighted).
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