Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about NCQA’s various programs. If you don’t see what you are looking for in one of the entries below, you can ask a question through My NCQA.
If a PA or an APRN shares a panel of patients with a physician then that team would be considered a solo site since all patients are assigned to the primary provider with a single panel.
If the PA or APRNs that have their own panel of patients and can be selected as a patient’s primary care clinician, the site would not be considered a solo site.
PCMH 2017
No, because of limitations in IDSS organizations must report all indicators of a hybrid measure using the same year of data. For example, if the audited HEDIS 2019 hybrid data are being reported for CDC, then all indicators in CDC must be reported using audited HEDIS 2019 hybrid data. You may not just report audited HEDIS 2019 data for one indicator. This also applies to measures like WCC, COA, CDC and TRC.
HEDIS 2020
Yes. NCQA posted guidance for HEDIS reporting and Accreditation/Recognition programs at https://www.ncqa.org/covid/. NCQA is monitoring the effects of the coronavirus on our customers; we will adjust requirements as circumstances warrant. Please continue to check this website frequently as the situation continues to evolve.
MBHO 2019
The discharge date from the index hospital stay should be used for reporting. The PCR measure assesses the number of acute inpatient and observation stays during the measurement year that were followed by an unplanned acute readmission. SNFs are considered to be nonacute inpatient settings. Therefore, when a member is transferred from an acute inpatient setting to a SNF, only the acute inpatient stay is assessed for reporting.
For example, a member has an acute inpatient stay February 1 – 5 and was discharged to a SNF February 6 – 9 and then transferred back to acute inpatient care February 10 – 14. There are two acute inpatient stays which are assessed for the PCR measure and count as two index hospital stays for the denominator (Stay 1 is February 1 – 5, Stay 2 is February 10 – 14), provided they meet all other measure criteria. Stay 2 is a readmission for Stay 1, provided it meets all numerator criteria because it occurs within 30 days of the discharge date for Stay 1. Stay 1 counts as an index hospital stay discharged to a SNF.
HEDIS 2020
The tables in the PDF (
https://www.ncqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200312_2020_PCR_Tables.pdf) illustrate assignment of risk weights for index hospital stays among two hypothetical Medicare beneficiaries meeting all other measure criteria (e.g. non-outlier, continuously enrolled, etc.). Index Hospital Stay #2 for member 1101 and Index Hospital Stays #1 and #2 for member 1202 are discharged to skilled nursing care.Table 1 shows that these index stays are assigned the standard set of risk weights for reporting in Table PCR-A-1/2/3 and Table PCR-B-3. Do not assign the skilled nursing care risk weights for the stays in Table PCR-A-1/2/3 and Table PCR-B-3.
Table 2 shows that these same index stays are assigned the skilled nursing care risk weights for reporting the “Skilled Nursing Care Stratification” in Table PCR-C-3. Do not assign the standard set of risk weights for the stays in Table PCR-C-3.
Index hospital stays that are not discharged to skilled nursing do not need to be assigned the skilled nursing care risk weights and are not reported in the “Skilled Nursing Care Stratification” in Table PCR-C-3. Index Hospital Stays #1 and #3 for member 1101 are examples of events that do not need to be assigned the skilled nursing care risk weights and are not reported in the “Skilled Nursing Care Stratification”. The “Skilled Nursing Care Stratification” applies to the Medicare product line only and index hospital stays among other product lines do not use the skilled nursing care risk weights.
HEDIS 2020
