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Bundled Episode Condition Global Payment for a tightly linked set of services provided by one or a small number of providers Payment for all or most services delivered by related providers attendant to a time-delimited “episode of care” (e.g., hip replacement surgery and rehabilitation) Payment for all or most services delivered by related providers attendant to a specified disease or condition, such as asthma, over a specified time Payment for all or most services delivered by related providers to a heterogeneous population (e.g., Medicare Advantage program) 2012 2013 OP-8: MRI lumbar spine for low back pain OP-15: use of brain CT in the emergency department for atraumatic headache OP-9: mammography follow-up rates OP-10: abdominal CT use of contrast material OP-11: thoracic CT use of contrast material OP-13: cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment for noncardiac low-risk surgery OP-14: simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT - TABLE 3
Finalized PQRS Individual Quality Measures Relevant for Nuclear Medicine Physicians Available for Reporting for 2013 and 2014 (12)
PQRS no. Measure 2013 reporting 10 Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: CT or MR imaging reports 21 Perioperative care: venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (when indicated in all patients) 24 Osteoporosis: communication with physician managing ongoing care after hip, spine, or distal radius for men and women aged 50 y and over 40 Osteoporosis: management after hip, spine or distal radius for men and women aged 50 y and over 76 Prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections: central venous catheter insertion protocol 145 Radiology: exposure time reported for procedures using fluoroscopy 146 Radiology: inappropriate use of “probably benign” assessment category in mammography screening 147 Nuclear medicine: correlation with existing imaging studies for all patients undergoing bone scintigraphy 195 Radiology: stenosis measurement in carotid imaging studies 225 Radiology: reminder system for mammograms TBD Cardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: preoperative evaluation in low-risk surgery patients TBD Cardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: routine testing after percutaneous coronary intervention TBD Cardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: testing in asymptomatic, low-risk patients 2014 reporting TBD Radiation dose optimization: use of a standardized nomenclature for CT imaging description TBD Radiation dose optimization: cumulative count of potential high-dose-radiation imaging studies: CT scans and cardiac nuclear medicine scans TBD Radiation dose optimization: reporting to a radiation dose index registry TBD Radiation dose optimization: images available for patient follow-up and comparison purposes TBD Radiation dose optimization: search for prior imaging studies through a secure, authorized, media-free shared archive TBD = to be determined.
Meaningful-use stage Description 1 Capturing electronic health information and using those data to track and communicate clinical conditions 2 Increased focus on health information exchange; mobilization of electronic health information across organizations within a region, community, or health system; electronic orders and results 3 Emphasis on quality, safety, and efficiency; promotion of decision support systems and patient access to self-management tools
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