Physician Evaluation and Management Visit Follow-Up Within 30 Days of Inpatient Stay

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Follow-Up

Defining Attributes

Definition

Physician evaluation and management visit follow-up within 30 days of inpatient stay.

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is an annual nationally representative survey of the FFS Medicare population with a 4-year rotating cohort design and conducted by CMS.

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

The MCBS releases two Limited Data Set (LDS) Files annually as well as an annual Chartbook of key estimates from the survey. Not publicly reported.

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Johnston KJ, Hockenberry JM. Are Two Heads Better Than One or Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? The Trade-Off between Physician Division of Labor and Patient Continuity of Care for Older Adults with Complex Chronic Conditions. Health Serv Res. 2016 Dec;51(6):2176-2205. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12600. PMID: 27891605; PMCID: PMC5134216.

Link to Measurement Tools
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