Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who have ever received a pneumococcal vaccine
Patients 65 years of age and older with a visit during the measurement period
Equals Initial Population
Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period
Patients who have ever received a pneumococcal vaccination before the end of the measurement period
Not Applicable
None
Higher score indicates better quality
Patient self-report for procedures as well as immunization s should be recorded in 'Procedure, Performed' template or 'Immunization, Administered' template in QRDA-1.
ACIP (Kobayashi, 2015) provides guidance about the proper interval and relative timing for the administration of two pneumococcal vaccines; this measure assesses whether patients have received at least one of either vaccine.
This eCQM is a patient-based measure.
This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.5. Please refer to the eCQI resource center for more information on the QDM.
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Percentage of patients 66 years of age and older who have ever received a pneumococcal vaccine
Percentage of patients 66 years of age and older who have received a pneumococcal vaccine
Patients 66 years of age and older with a visit during the measurement period
Patients 66 years of age and older at the start of the measurement period with a visit during the measurement period
Patients who received a pneumococcal vaccination on or after their 60th birthday and before the end of the measurement period; or ever had an adverse reaction to the vaccine before the end of the measurement period
Patients who received a pneumococcal vaccination on or after their 60th birthday and before the end of the measurement period
Patient self-report for procedures as well as immunizations should be recorded in 'Procedure, Performed' template or 'Immunization, Administered' template in QRDA-1.
This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.6. Please refer to the QDM page for more information on the QDM.
Updated eCQM Version Number.
Measure Section: eCQM Version Number
Source of Change: Standards Update
Updated copyright.
Measure Section: Copyright
Source of Change: Annual Update
Added text to identify the Quality Data Model (QDM) version used in the measure specification.
Measure Section: Guidance
Added text to indicate whether the measure is patient-based or episode-based.
Updated the names of Clinical Quality Language (CQL) definitions, functions, and/or aliases for clarification and to align with the CQL Style Guide.
Measure Section: Definitions
Updated the names of CQL definitions, functions, and/or aliases for clarification and to align with the CQL Style Guide.
Measure Section: Functions
CQL Library version update: Updated version number of the Hospice Library (Hospice-2.2.000).
Measure Section: Multiple Sections
Source of Change: Measure Lead
QDM v5.5 standards update: Added 'relevantDatetime' attribute to QDM datatypes. 'RelevantDatetime' indicates when the action occurred whereas 'authorDatetime' indicates when the action was recorded.
Updated CQL expression to conform with the HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 1 STU 4 (CQL 1.4).
Updated version number of the Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) Global Common Functions Library (MATGlobalCommonFunctions-5.0.000). Updated definitions and functions in the MAT Global Common Functions Library to align with standards changes, CQL Style Guide, and to include one new function related to calculating length of hospital stays with observation stays.
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Value set Nursing Facility Visit (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.101.12.1012): Added 3 CPT codes (99315, 99316, 99318) based on updated evidence in published guidelines, published literature, or from published specialty medical society or group recommendations, to capture additional nursing facility visit encounter types.
Measure Section: Terminology