Drug Regimen Review Conducted With Follow-Up for Identified Issues - Post-Acute Care

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Medication-Related

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patient/resident stays in which a drug regimen review was conducted at the time of admission and timely follow-up with a physician occurred each time potential clinically significant medication issues were identified throughout that stay.

Numerator

Total number of patient stays in the denominator meeting each of the following two criteria: 1) The facility conducted a drug regimen review on admission and: a) No potential or actual clinically significant medication issues were found during the review; or b) Potential or actual clinically significant medication issues were found during the review and a physician (or physician designee) was contacted and prescribed/recommended actions were completed by midnight of the next calendar day; or c) The patient was not taking any medications. 2) Appropriate follow-up occurred each time a potential or actual clinically significant medication issue was identified during the stay; or no potential or actual clinically significant medication issues were identified since admission or patient was not taking any medications.

Denominator

Any patient stays (Medicare Part A or Medicare Advantage) during the reporting period.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Data collected using Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) and submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).

Frequency of Data Collection
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument (IRP-PAI) is completed for each Medicare Part A fee-for-service and Medicare Part C patient discharged from an IRF
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program (CMS, and providers) CMS Care Compare - Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and Provider Data Catalogue (CMS, providers and publicly reported).

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025