CMS50v7 – Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report

Number of patients, regardless of age, who were referred by one provider to another provider, and who had a visit during the measurement period.

– NUMERATOR

Number of patients with a referral, for which the referring provider received a report from the provider to whom the patient was referred.

For Denominator:
A patient, regardless of his age, who is referred by one provider to another provider, and who had a visit during the measurement period is considered for this measure. To document a Referral, navigate to Patient > Clinical > Evaluations

For Numerator:
Any patient, from denominator or initial population, for whom the referring provider received a consultant report will be included in the numerator. Use following workflow to attach a consultant report with an outgoing referral:

Patient > Referral > Outgoing referral (with reporting period) > Attach a consultant report or document which was received from the consultant