In the first "Anatomy of a Measure" post we discussed the three components of a clinical quality measure (CQM): measure logic, value sets and attribution. Today we're going to jump into measure logic – the "ANDs" and "ORs" that constitute a CQM.
UDS “Season” 2016 is in the books!
I hope this year’s filing was easier than last year’s and you felt more confident than ever about your submission. As I watched all the activity in our office over the past 75 days, I was once again awed by the...
In my previous post, I introduced the concepts of measure logic, value sets and attribution. Today we're going to do a deeper dive into value sets. We're going to look at how three different specifications (UDS, HEDIS, and Meaningful Use) define...
WARNING! WARNING! UDS “Season” is rapidly approaching! Sorry for the abrupt intrusion on your brief respite of peaceful introspection. I know it's easy to get caught up in looking forward to the holiday season, but it’s just days after the holiday...
As I looked out at all the activity in our office this month, the sheer volume of work completed awed me. In the community health world, January and February is “UDS season.” For the uninitiated, the Uniform Data System, or UDS, is the annual...
