Source: Empire BCBS NY
New HEDIS Medicaid Measures:
- Kidney Health Evaluation for Patients With Diabetes (KED) — The percentage of members 18 to 85 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received a kidney health evaluation, defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and a uACR identified by both a quantitative urine albumin test and a urine creatinine test with service days four or less days apart during the measurement year
2. Cardiac Rehabilitation (CRE) — The percentage of members 18 years and older who attended cardiac rehabilitation following a qualifying cardiac event, including myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, heart and heart/lung transplantation, or heart valve repair/replacement; four rates are reported:
- Initiation — The percentage of members who attended two or more sessions of cardiac rehabilitation within 30 days after a qualifying event
- Engagement 1 — The percentage of members who attended 12 or more sessions of cardiac rehabilitation within 90 days after a qualifying event
- Engagement 2 — The percentage of members who attended 24 or more sessions of cardiac rehabilitation within 180 days after a qualifying event
- Achievement — The percentage of members who attended 36 or more sessions of cardiac rehabilitation within 180 days after a qualifying event
Retired Medicaid measures:
- Comprehensive Diabetes Care (CDC) retired sub-measures —
- Medical Attention for Nephropathy (retired for Commercial and Medicaid)
- HbA1c control (< 7.0%) for a selected population
- Adult BMI Assessment (ABA)
- Medication Management for People With Asthma (MMA)
- Children’s and Adolescents’ Access to Primary Care Practitioners (CAP)