Breast Cancer Screening
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of women 50-74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the 27 months prior to the end of the Measurement Period.
Numerator
Women with one or more mammograms any time on or between October 1 two years prior to the measurement period and the end of the measurement period.
Denominator
Women 52-74 years of age by the end of the measurement period with a visit during the measurement period.
Exclusions
Women who had a bilateral mastectomy or who have a history of a bilateral mastectomy or for whom there is evidence of a right and a left unilateral mastectomy on or before the end of the measurement period. Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older by the end of the measurement period who are living long-term in a nursing home any time on or before the end of the measurement period. Exclude patients 66 and older by the end of the measurement period with an indication of frailty for any part of the measurement period who also meet any of the following advanced illness criteria:- Advanced illness with two outpatient encounters during the measurement period or the year prior- OR advanced illness with one inpatient encounter during the measurement period or the year prior- OR taking dementia medications during the measurement period or the year prior Exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Traditional MIPS