CMS90v9 – Functional Status Assessments for Congestive Heart Failure

Functional Status Assessments for Congestive Heart Failure CMS90v9 Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older with congestive heart failure who completed initial and follow-up patient-reported functional status assessments
INITIAL POPULATION

Patients 18 years of age and older who had two outpatient encounters during the measurement year and a diagnosis of congestive heart failure.

DENOMINATOR

Patients 18 years of age and older who had two outpatient encounters during the measurement year and a diagnosis of congestive heart failure.

NUMERATOR

Patients with patient-reported functional status assessment  results (i.e., Veterans RAND 12-item health survey [VR-12]; VR-36; Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire [KCCQ]; KCCQ-12;  Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire [MLHFQ]; PROMIS  -10 Global Health, PROMIS-29) present in the EHR two weeks before or during the initial FSA encounter and results for the follow-up FSA at least 30 days but no more than 180 days after the initial functional status assessment

 – DENOMINATOR EXCLUSIONS

Exclude patients with severe cognitive impairment that overlaps the measurement period.

Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period.

APPLICATION WORKFLOW

For Denominator:

Patients 18 years of age and older who had two outpatient encounters during the measurement year and a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. To document encounters, navigate to Patient > Provider Notes > eSuperbill

For Numerator:

Patients with patient-reported functional status assessment results (i.e., Veterans RAND 12-item health survey [VR-12]; VR-36; Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire [KCCQ]; KCCQ-12;  Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire [MLHFQ]; PROMIS  -10 Global Health, PROMIS-29) present in the EHR two weeks before or during the initial FSA encounter and results for the follow-up FSA at least 30 days but no more than 180 days after the initial functional status assessment

System records difference between assessments based on the date of evaluations. To document assessment results, navigate to Patient > Clinical > Evaluations

For Denominator Exclusion

Exclude patients whose hospice care overlaps the measurement period.