Functional Outcome Assessment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Function and ADLs
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older with documentation of a current functional outcome assessment using a standardised functional outcome assessment tool on the date of the encounter AND documentation of a care plan based on identified functional outcome deficiencies within two days of the date of the identified deficiencies.
Numerator
Visits where patient has a documented current functional outcome assessment using a standardised tool AND a documented care plan based on the identified functional outcome deficiencies within two days of the assessment
Denominator
All visits for patients aged 18 years and older
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
MIPS Clinical Quality Measures (CQMS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Traditional MIPS
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Technical Specifications
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
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025