MDS 3.0 Quality Measures USER’S MANUAL

1 MDS Quality Measures USER S MANUAL ( ) Effective October 1, 2019 Prepared for: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under Contract No. HHSM500- 2013-13015I (HHSM-500-T0001). (RTI Project Number ) [This page intentionally left blank.] RTI International October 2019 ( ) i Quality Measures (QM) USER S MANUAL CONTENTS Chapter 1 QM Sample and Record Selection Methodology ..1 Section 1: Definitions ..1 Section 2: Selecting the QM Samples ..3 Section 3: Short Stay Record Definitions ..4 Section 4: Long Stay Record Definitions ..6 Section 5: Transition of the Pressure Ulcer Quality Measures ..9 Chapter 2 MDS Quality Measures Logical Specifications ..11 Section 1: Short Stay Quality Measures ..13 Table 2-1 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Self-Report Moderate to Severe Pain (Short Stay)1,2 (NQF #0676) (CMS ID: ).

2 13 Table 2-2 MDS measure : Percent of Residents or Patients With Pressure Ulcers That Are New or Worsened (Short Stay) (NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..14 Table 2-3 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Were Assessed and Appropriately Given the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Short Stay) (NQF #0680) (CMS ID: ) ..15 Table 2-4 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Received the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Short Stay) (NQF #0680A) (CMS ID: ) ..16 Table 2-5 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Were Offered and Declined the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Short Stay) (NQF #0680B) (CMS ID: ) ..17 Table 2-6 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Did Not Receive, Due to Medical Contraindication, the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Short Stay) (NQF #0680C) (CMS ID: ).

3 18 Table 2-7 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Newly Received an Antipsychotic Medication (Short Stay)1 (NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..19 Table 2-8 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Made Improvements in Function (Short Stay)1 (NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..21 RTI International October 2019 ( ) ii Section 2: Long Stay Quality Table 2-9 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury (Long Stay)1 (NQF: 0674) (CMS ID: ) ..24 Table 2-10 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Self-Report Moderate to Severe Pain (Long Stay)1, 2 (NQF: 0677) (CMS ID: ) ..25 Table 2-11 MDS measure : Percent of High-Risk Residents With Pressure Ulcers (Long Stay)1 (NQF: 0679) (CMS ID: ) ..27 Table 2-12 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Assessed and Appropriately Given the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Long Stay) (NQF #0681) (CMS ID: ).

4 29 Table 2-13 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Received the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Long Stay) (NQF #0681A) (CMS ID: ) ..30 Table 2-14 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Were Offered and Declined the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Long Stay) (NQF #0681B) (CMS ID: ) ..31 Table 2-15 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Did Not Receive, Due to Medical Contraindication, the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Long Stay) (NQF #0681C) (CMS ID: ) ..32 Table 2-16 3 MDS measure : Percent of Residents with a Urinary Tract Infection (Long Stay)1 (NQF: 0684) (CMS ID: ) ..33 Table 2-17 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder (Long Stay)1 (NQF #0686) (CMS ID: ) ..34 Table 2-18 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained (Long Stay)1 (NQF #0687) (CMS ID: ).

5 35 Table 2-19 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help with Activities of Daily Living Has Increased (Long Stay)1 ( NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..36 Table 2-20 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight (Long Stay) (NQF #0689) (CMS ID: )..38 Table 2-21 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Received an Antipsychotic Medication (Long-Stay)1 ( NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..39 Table 2-22 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Who Used Antianxiety or Hypnotic Medication (Long Stay) (NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..40 Table 2-23 MDS measure : Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move Independently Worsened (Long Stay)1 ( NQF: None) (CMS ID: ) ..41 RTI International October 2019 ( ) iii Appendix A: Technical Details.

6 A-1 Appendix B: Parameters Used for Each Quarter ..B-1 Appendix C: Episode and Stay Determination Logic ..C-1 Appendix D: Measures Withdrawn from NQF Submission .. D-1 Appendix E: Surveyor Quality Measures .. E-1 Appendix F: Specifications for the Facility Characteristics Report .. F-1 RTI International October 2019 ( ) iv [This page intentionally left blank.] RTI International October 2019 ( ) 1 Chapter 1 QM Sample and Record Selection Methodology The purpose of this chapter is to describe the methodology that is used to select the short and long stay samples as well as the key records that are used to compute the QMs for each of those samples. The first section below will present definitions that are used to describe the selection methodology.

7 The second section describes the selection of the two samples. The third and fourth sections describe the selection of the key records within each of the two samples. The logic presented below depends upon the concepts of stays and episodes. Detailed specifications for the identification of stays and episodes are presented in Appendix C of this document. Section 1: Definitions Target period. The span of time that defines the QM reporting period ( , a calendar quarter). Influenza Season: Influenza season is July 1 of the current year to June 30 of the following year ( , July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 for the 2018 2019 influenza season).1 Stay. The period of time between a resident s entry into a facility and either (a) a discharge, or (b) the end of the target period, whichever comes first.

8 A stay is also defined as a set of contiguous days in a facility. The start of a stay is either: An admission entry (A0310F = [01] and A1700 = [1]), or A reentry (A0310F = [01] and A1700 = [2]). The end of a stay is the earliest of the following: Any discharge assessment (A0310F = [10, 11]), or A death in facility tracking record (A0310F = [12]), or The end of the target period. Episode. A period of time spanning one or more stays. An episode begins with an admission (defined below) and ends with either (a) a discharge, or (b) the end of the target period, whichever comes first. An episode starts with: An admission entry (A0310F = [01] and A1700 = [1]). 1 This definition is applicable to each of the long- and short-stay influenza vaccination Measures .

9 The short-stay Measures are identified as the following: NQF #0680 (CMS ID: ); NQF #0680A (CMS ID: ); NQF #0680B (CMS ID: ); NQF #0680C (CMS ID: The long-stay Measures are identified as the following: NQF #0681 (CMS ID: ); NQF #0681A (CMS ID: ); NQF #0681B (CMS ID: ); NQF #0681C (CMS ID: ). RTI International October 2019 ( ) 2 The end of an episode is the earliest of the following: A discharge assessment with return not anticipated (A0310F = [10]), or A discharge assessment with return anticipated (A0310F = [11]) but the resident did not return within 30 days of discharge, or A death in facility tracking record (A0310F = [12]), or The end of the target period. Admission. An admission entry record (A0310F = [01] and A1700 = [1]) is required when any one of the following occurs: Resident has never been admitted to this facility before; or Resident has been in this facility previously and was discharged return not anticipated; or Resident has been in this facility previously and was discharged return anticipated and did not return within 30 days of discharge.)

10 Reentry. A reentry record (A0310F = [01] and A1700 = [2]) is required when all of the following occurred prior to this entry; the resident was: Discharged return anticipated, and Returned to facility within 30 days of discharge. Cumulative days in facility (CDIF). The total number of days within an episode during which the resident was in the facility. It is the sum of the number of days within each stay included in an episode. If an episode consists of more than one stay separated by periods of time outside the facility ( , hospitalizations), only those days within the facility would count towards CDIF. Any days outside of the facility ( , hospital, home, etc.) would not count towards the CDIF total. The following rules are used when computing CDIF: When counting the number of days until the end of the episode, counting stops with (a) the last record in the target period if that record is a discharge assessment (A0310F = [10, 11]), (b) the last record in the target period if that record is a death in facility (A0310F = [12]), or (c) the end of the target period is reached, whichever is earlier.