eCQM Title | Breast Cancer Screening |
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eCQM Identifier (Measure Authoring Tool) | 125 | eCQM Version Number | 11.0.000 |
NQF Number | Not Applicable | GUID | 19783c1b-4fd1-46c1-8a96-a2f192b97ee0 |
Measurement Period | January 1, 20XX through December 31, 20XX | ||
Measure Steward | National Committee for Quality Assurance | ||
Measure Developer | National Committee for Quality Assurance | ||
Endorsed By | None | ||
Description |
Percentage of women 50-74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the 27 months prior to the end of the Measurement Period |
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Copyright |
This Physician Performance Measure (Measure) and related data specifications are owned and were developed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA is not responsible for any use of the Measure. NCQA makes no representations, warranties, or endorsement about the quality of any organization or physician that uses or reports performance measures and NCQA has no liability to anyone who relies on such measures or specifications. NCQA holds a copyright in the Measure. The Measure can be reproduced and distributed, without modification, for noncommercial purposes (e.g., use by healthcare providers in connection with their practices) without obtaining approval from NCQA. Commercial use is defined as the sale, licensing, or distribution of the Measure for commercial gain, or incorporation of the Measure into a product or service that is sold, licensed or distributed for commercial gain. All commercial uses or requests for modification must be approved by NCQA and are subject to a license at the discretion of NCQA. (C) 2012-2021 National Committee for Quality Assurance. All Rights Reserved. Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for user convenience. Users of proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of the code sets. NCQA disclaims all liability for use or accuracy of any third party codes contained in the specifications. CPT(R) contained in the Measure specifications is copyright 2004-2021 American Medical Association. LOINC(R) copyright 2004-2021 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. This material contains SNOMED Clinical Terms(R) (SNOMED CT[R]) copyright 2004-2021 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. ICD-10 copyright 2021 World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved. |
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Disclaimer |
The performance Measure is not a clinical guideline and does not establish a standard of medical care, and has not been tested for all potential applications. THE MEASURE AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Due to technical limitations, registered trademarks are indicated by (R) or [R] and unregistered trademarks are indicated by (TM) or [TM]. |
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Measure Scoring | Proportion | ||
Measure Type | Process | ||
Stratification |
None |
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Risk Adjustment |
None |
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Rate Aggregation |
None |
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Rationale |
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancers, accounting for 15 percent of all new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. (Noone et al., 2018). In 2015, over 3 million women were estimated to be living with breast cancer in the U.S. and it is estimated that 12 percent of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during their lifetime (Noone et al., 2018). While there are other factors that affect a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, advancing age is a primary risk factor. Breast cancer is most frequently diagnosed among women ages 55-64; the median age at diagnosis is 62 years (Noone et al., 2018). The chance of a woman being diagnosed with breast cancer in a given year increases with age. By age 40, the chances are 1 in 68; by age 50 it becomes 1 in 43; by age 60, it is 1 in 29 (American Cancer Society, 2017). |
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Clinical Recommendation Statement |
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 50-74 years (B recommendation) (USPSTF, 2016). The decision to start screening mammography in women prior to age 50 years should be an individual one. Women who place a higher value on the potential benefit than the potential harms may choose to begin biennial screening between the ages of 40 and 49 years (C recommendation) (USPSTF, 2016). The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening mammography in women aged 75 years or older (I statement) (USPSTF, 2016). The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) as a primary screening method for breast cancer (I Statement) (USPSTF, 2016). The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of adjunctive screening for breast cancer using breast ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, DBT, or other methods in women identified to have dense breasts on an otherwise negative screening mammogram (I statement) (USPSTF, 2016). The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recommend using conventional mammography or DBT for screening women at low, intermediate or high risk for breast cancer (NCCN, 2021) (ACR, 2017). |
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Improvement Notation |
Higher score equals better quality |
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Reference |
Reference Type: CITATION Reference Text: 'American Cancer Society. (2017). Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2017-2018. Retrieved February 8, 2019, from https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures-2017-2018.pdf' |
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Reference |
Reference Type: CITATION Reference Text: 'American College of Radiology (ACR). (2017). ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Breast Cancer Screening. Retrieved from https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/70910/Narrative/' |
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Reference |
Reference Type: CITATION Reference Text: 'National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). (2021). Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis. Retrieved from https://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/breast-screening.pdf' |
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Reference |
Reference Type: CITATION Reference Text: 'Noone, A.M., Howlader, N., Krapcho, M., Miller, D., Brest, A., Yu, M., Ruhl, J., Tatalovich, Z., Mariotto, A., Lewis, D.R., Chen, H.S., Feuer, E.J., Cronin, K.A. (eds). (2018). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2015. National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Retrieved February 8, 2019, from https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2015/' |
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Reference |
Reference Type: CITATION Reference Text: 'U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2016). Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Annals of Internal Medicine, 164(4), 279-296.' |
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Definition |
None |
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Guidance |
This measure evaluates primary screening. Do not count biopsies, breast ultrasounds, or MRIs because they are not appropriate methods for primary breast cancer screening. This eCQM is a patient-based measure. This version of the eCQM uses QDM version 5.6. Please refer to the eCQI resource center (https://ecqi.healthit.gov/qdm) for more information on the QDM. |
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Transmission Format |
TBD |
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Initial Population |
Women 52-74 years of age by the end of the measurement period with a visit during the measurement period |
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Denominator |
Equals Initial Population |
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Denominator Exclusions |
Women who had a bilateral mastectomy or who have a history of a bilateral mastectomy or for whom there is evidence of a right and a left unilateral mastectomy. Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older by the end of the measurement period who are living long term in a nursing home any time on or before the end of the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older by the end of the measurement period with an indication of frailty for any part of the measurement period who also meet any of the following advanced illness criteria: - Advanced illness with two outpatient encounters during the measurement period or the year prior - OR advanced illness with one inpatient encounter during the measurement period or the year prior - OR taking dementia medications during the measurement period or the year prior Exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period. |
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Numerator |
Women with one or more mammograms any time on or between October 1 two years prior to the measurement period and the end of the measurement period |
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Numerator Exclusions |
Not Applicable |
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Denominator Exceptions |
None |
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Supplemental Data Elements |
For every patient evaluated by this measure also identify payer, race, ethnicity and sex |
exists ( ["Patient Characteristic Sex": "Female"] ) and AgeInYearsAt(date from end of "Measurement Period" )in Interval[52, 74] and exists AdultOutpatientEncounters."Qualifying Encounters"
"Initial Population"
Hospice."Has Hospice Services" or ( ( exists ( "Right Mastectomy Diagnosis" ) or exists ( "Right Mastectomy Procedure" ) ) and ( exists ( "Left Mastectomy Diagnosis" ) or exists ( "Left Mastectomy Procedure" ) ) ) or exists "Bilateral Mastectomy Diagnosis" or exists "Bilateral Mastectomy Procedure" or AIFrailLTCF."Is Age 66 or Older with Advanced Illness and Frailty" or AIFrailLTCF."Is Age 66 or Older Living Long Term in a Nursing Home" or PalliativeCare."Palliative Care in the Measurement Period"
exists ( ["Diagnostic Study, Performed": "Mammography"] Mammogram where ( Global."NormalizeInterval" ( Mammogram.relevantDatetime, Mammogram.relevantPeriod ) ends during day of Interval["October 1 Two Years Prior to the Measurement Period", end of "Measurement Period"] ) )
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None
None
( ["Encounter, Performed": "Office Visit"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Annual Wellness Visit"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Established Office Visit, 18 and Up"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Preventive Care Services Initial Office Visit, 18 and Up"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Home Healthcare Services"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Online Assessments"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Telephone Visits"] ) ValidEncounter where ValidEncounter.relevantPeriod during day of "Measurement Period"
exists ( ["Device, Order": "Frailty Device"] FrailtyDeviceOrder where FrailtyDeviceOrder.authorDatetime during day of "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Assessment, Performed": "Medical equipment used"] EquipmentUsed where EquipmentUsed.result in "Frailty Device" and Global."NormalizeInterval" ( EquipmentUsed.relevantDatetime, EquipmentUsed.relevantPeriod ) ends during day of "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Diagnosis": "Frailty Diagnosis"] FrailtyDiagnosis where FrailtyDiagnosis.prevalencePeriod overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Frailty Encounter"] FrailtyEncounter where FrailtyEncounter.relevantPeriod overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Symptom": "Frailty Symptom"] FrailtySymptom where FrailtySymptom.prevalencePeriod overlaps "Measurement Period" )
exists (["Medication, Active": "Dementia Medications"] DementiaMedication where Global."NormalizeInterval" ( DementiaMedication.relevantDatetime, DementiaMedication.relevantPeriod ) overlaps Interval[start of "Measurement Period" - 1 year, end of "Measurement Period"])
exists( ["Encounter, Performed": "Acute Inpatient"] InpatientEncounter where exists ( InpatientEncounter.diagnoses Diagnosis where Diagnosis.code in "Advanced Illness" ) and InpatientEncounter.relevantPeriod starts during day of Interval[start of "Measurement Period" - 1 year, end of "Measurement Period"])
exists ( from "Outpatient Encounters with Advanced Illness" OutpatientEncounter1, "Outpatient Encounters with Advanced Illness" OutpatientEncounter2 where OutpatientEncounter2.relevantPeriod ends 1 day or more after day of end of OutpatientEncounter1.relevantPeriod return OutpatientEncounter1 )
( AgeInYearsAt(date from end of "Measurement Period" )>= 66 ) and ( ( Last(["Assessment, Performed": "Housing status"] HousingStatus where Global."NormalizeInterval"(HousingStatus.relevantDatetime, HousingStatus.relevantPeriod)ends on or before end of "Measurement Period" sort by end of Global."NormalizeInterval"(relevantDatetime, relevantPeriod)asc )) LastHousingStatus where LastHousingStatus.result ~ "Lives in a nursing home (finding)" ) is not null
( AgeInYearsAt(date from end of "Measurement Period" )>= 66 and "Has Criteria Indicating Frailty" and ( "Has Two Outpatient Encounters with Advanced Illness on Different Dates of Service" or "Has Inpatient Encounter with Advanced Illness" or "Has Dementia Medications in Year Before or During Measurement Period" ) )
( ["Encounter, Performed": "Outpatient"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Observation"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Emergency Department Visit"] union ["Encounter, Performed": "Nonacute Inpatient"] ) OutpatientEncounter where exists ( OutpatientEncounter.diagnoses Diagnosis where Diagnosis.code in "Advanced Illness" ) and OutpatientEncounter.relevantPeriod starts during day of Interval[start of "Measurement Period" - 1 year, end of "Measurement Period"]
["Diagnosis": "History of bilateral mastectomy"] BilateralMastectomyHistory where BilateralMastectomyHistory.prevalencePeriod starts on or before end of "Measurement Period"
["Procedure, Performed": "Bilateral Mastectomy"] BilateralMastectomyPerformed where Global."NormalizeInterval" ( BilateralMastectomyPerformed.relevantDatetime, BilateralMastectomyPerformed.relevantPeriod ) ends on or before end of "Measurement Period"
"Initial Population"
Hospice."Has Hospice Services" or ( ( exists ( "Right Mastectomy Diagnosis" ) or exists ( "Right Mastectomy Procedure" ) ) and ( exists ( "Left Mastectomy Diagnosis" ) or exists ( "Left Mastectomy Procedure" ) ) ) or exists "Bilateral Mastectomy Diagnosis" or exists "Bilateral Mastectomy Procedure" or AIFrailLTCF."Is Age 66 or Older with Advanced Illness and Frailty" or AIFrailLTCF."Is Age 66 or Older Living Long Term in a Nursing Home" or PalliativeCare."Palliative Care in the Measurement Period"
exists ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Encounter Inpatient"] InpatientEncounter where ( InpatientEncounter.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to home for hospice care (procedure)" or InpatientEncounter.dischargeDisposition ~ "Discharge to healthcare facility for hospice care (procedure)" ) and InpatientEncounter.relevantPeriod ends during day of "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Hospice Encounter"] HospiceEncounter where HospiceEncounter.relevantPeriod overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Assessment, Performed": "Hospice care [Minimum Data Set]"] HospiceAssessment where HospiceAssessment.result ~ "Yes (qualifier value)" and Global."NormalizeInterval" ( HospiceAssessment.relevantDatetime, HospiceAssessment.relevantPeriod ) overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Intervention, Order": "Hospice Care Ambulatory"] HospiceOrder where HospiceOrder.authorDatetime during day of "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Intervention, Performed": "Hospice Care Ambulatory"] HospicePerformed where Global."NormalizeInterval" ( HospicePerformed.relevantDatetime, HospicePerformed.relevantPeriod ) overlaps "Measurement Period" )
exists ( ["Patient Characteristic Sex": "Female"] ) and AgeInYearsAt(date from end of "Measurement Period" )in Interval[52, 74] and exists AdultOutpatientEncounters."Qualifying Encounters"
( ["Diagnosis": "Status Post Left Mastectomy"] union ( ["Diagnosis": "Unilateral Mastectomy, Unspecified Laterality"] UnilateralMastectomyDiagnosis where UnilateralMastectomyDiagnosis.anatomicalLocationSite ~ "Left (qualifier value)" ) ) LeftMastectomy where LeftMastectomy.prevalencePeriod starts on or before end of "Measurement Period"
["Procedure, Performed": "Unilateral Mastectomy Left"] UnilateralMastectomyLeftPerformed where Global."NormalizeInterval" ( UnilateralMastectomyLeftPerformed.relevantDatetime, UnilateralMastectomyLeftPerformed.relevantPeriod ) ends on or before end of "Measurement Period"
exists ( ["Diagnostic Study, Performed": "Mammography"] Mammogram where ( Global."NormalizeInterval" ( Mammogram.relevantDatetime, Mammogram.relevantPeriod ) ends during day of Interval["October 1 Two Years Prior to the Measurement Period", end of "Measurement Period"] ) )
DateTime((year from start of "Measurement Period" - 2), 10, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
exists ( ["Assessment, Performed": "Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Palliative Care Questionnaire (FACIT-Pal)"] PalliativeAssessment where Global."NormalizeInterval"(PalliativeAssessment.relevantDatetime, PalliativeAssessment.relevantPeriod) overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists (["Diagnosis": "Encounter for palliative care"] PalliativeDiagnosis where PalliativeDiagnosis.prevalencePeriod overlaps "Measurement Period") or exists ( ["Encounter, Performed": "Palliative Care Encounter"] PalliativeEncounter where PalliativeEncounter.relevantPeriod overlaps "Measurement Period" ) or exists ( ["Intervention, Performed": "Palliative Care Intervention"] PalliativeIntervention where Global."NormalizeInterval"(PalliativeIntervention.relevantDatetime, PalliativeIntervention.relevantPeriod) overlaps "Measurement Period" )
( ["Diagnosis": "Status Post Right Mastectomy"] RightMastectomyProcedure union ( ["Diagnosis": "Unilateral Mastectomy, Unspecified Laterality"] UnilateralMastectomyDiagnosis where UnilateralMastectomyDiagnosis.anatomicalLocationSite ~ "Right (qualifier value)" ) ) RightMastectomy where RightMastectomy.prevalencePeriod starts on or before end of "Measurement Period"
["Procedure, Performed": "Unilateral Mastectomy Right"] UnilateralMastectomyRightPerformed where Global."NormalizeInterval" ( UnilateralMastectomyRightPerformed.relevantDatetime, UnilateralMastectomyRightPerformed.relevantPeriod ) ends on or before end of "Measurement Period"
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer"]
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "ONC Administrative Sex"]
if pointInTime is not null then Interval[pointInTime, pointInTime] else if period is not null then period else null as Interval<DateTime>
["Patient Characteristic Ethnicity": "Ethnicity"]
["Patient Characteristic Payer": "Payer"]
["Patient Characteristic Race": "Race"]
["Patient Characteristic Sex": "ONC Administrative Sex"]
Measure Set |
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