Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2010B1
| Data Element Name: | Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only |
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| Collected For: | HBIPS, PC, Transmission, Patient Population Data File , Used in transmission of the Hospital Initial Patient Population Data file.
Note:
Refer to the Hospital Initial Patient Population Data XML File Layout in the Transmission section of this manual. |
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| Definition: | Indicates the number of episode of care (EOC) records identified for a hospital with Medicare listed as a payment source prior to the application of data integrity filters, measure exclusions, and/or sampling methodology for the specified time period.
The data element is based on the hospital's initial identification of Medicare EOC records for a measure set, stratum, or sub-population. Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only includes all patients that are billed under Medicare or Title 18. Medicare can be listed as a primary, secondary, teritary or lower on the list of payment sources for the patient. In addition, patients who are participating as a member of a Medicare HMO/Medicare Advantage are included in the Medicare counts, e.g., Medicare Blue, Humana Gold, Secure Horizons, AARP, Coventry Advantra, etc. This initial data pull utilizes administrative data such as ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes, admission date, and birthdate.
For the discharge measures (eg. HBIPS-1, 4, PC-01), refer to the Initial Patient Population discussion in the Measure Information section of this manual for more information.
For the HBIPS event measures (HBIPS-2 and 3), the Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only is equal to those EOC records in the census data identified as being Medicare EOC records. The HBIPS census data are calculated by (Psychiatric Inpatient Days-Medicare Only - Total Leave Days-Medicare Only). Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only is not derived from those cases that pass through the Initial Patient Population algorithm.
Note:
If the hospital’s data has been sampled, this field contains the population from which the sample was originally drawn, NOT the sample size. |
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| Suggested Data Collection Question: | Not Applicable |
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| Format: | | Length: | 6 |
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| Type: | Numeric |
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| Occurs: |
Non-stratified Measure Sets:
One Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only per hospital’s measure set (e.g., AMI, HF, PN, and STK).
Stratified Measure Sets:
One Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only per measure set stratum or sub-population the hospital is participating in:
* The PC measure set has three occurrences, one for the mother sub-population and two for the newborn sub-populations.
* The HBIPS measure set has four occurrences, one for each age stratum.
Note:
Refer to the appropriate version of the Specifications Manual for National Quality Inpatient Measures for the number of occurrences for the CAC, VTE, and SCIP measure sets. |
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| Allowable Values: |
0 through 999,999 |
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| Notes for Abstraction: | Initial Patient Population Size-Medicare Only must contain the actual number of patients in the population even if the hospital has five or fewer discharges (both Medicare and non-Medicare combined) in a quarter and has decided to not submit patient level data. |
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
Not Applicable |
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion | Exclusion | |
None
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None |
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Initial Patient Population Size – Medicare Only
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2010B1)
Discharges 10-01-10 (4Q10) through 03-31-11 (1Q11)
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