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10.16.2023 Palliative Care Timeframe for Risk of Continued Opioid Use (COU) The time frame for palliative care (bullets 2 and 3 under “Required exclusions”) in the COU measure states to identify palliative care during the measurement period. Is this correct?

No. The correct time frame for identifying palliative care is “at any time during the 365 days prior to the IPSD through 61 days after the IPSD.” This correction will be in the MY 2024 Technical Update.

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