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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 42 - Public Health |
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Chapter IV - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services |
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SubChapter B - Medicare Program |
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Part 414 - Payment for Part B Medical and Other Health Services |
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Subpart N - Value-Based Payment Modifier Under the Physician Fee Schedule |
§ 414.1230 - Additional measures for groups and solo practitioners.
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§ 414.1230 Additional measures for groups and solo practitioners.
The value-based payment modifier includes the following additional quality measures (outcome measures) as applicable for all groups and solo practitioners subject to the value-based payment modifier:
(a) A composite of rates of potentially preventable hospital admissions for heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes. The rate of potentially preventable hospital admissions for diabetes is a composite measure of uncontrolled diabetes, short term diabetes complications, long term diabetes complications and lower extremity amputation for diabetes.
(b) A composite of rates of potentially preventable hospital admissions for dehydration, urinary tract infections, and bacterial pneumonia.
(c) Rates of an all-cause hospital readmissions measure, except for groups with between two to nine eligible professionals and solo practitioners starting with the CY 2017 payment adjustment period.
[77 FR 69368, Nov. 16, 2012, as amended at 79 FR 68007, Nov. 13, 2014; 80 FR 71383, Nov. 16, 2015]