Percentage of patients aged 60 years and older with a documented elder maltreatment screen using an Elder Maltreatment Screening tool on the date of encounter AND a documented follow-up plan on the date of the positive screen.

Patients with a documented elder maltreatment screen using an Elder Maltreatment Screening tool on the date of the encounter and follow-up plan documented on the date of the positive screen. An elder maltreatment screen should include assessment and documentation of one or more of the following components: (1) physical abuse, (2) emotional or psychological abuse, (3) neglect (active or passive), (4) sexual abuse, (5) elder abandonment, (6) financial or material exploitation and (7) unwarranted control.

All patients aged 60 years and older

A patient is "not eligible" if one or more of the following reasons is documented: •Patient refuses to participate in the screening and has reasonable decisional capacity for self-protection. •Patient is in an urgent or emergent situation where time is of the essence and to delay treatment to perform the screening would jeopardise the patient's health status.

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Merit-Based Incentive Payment System traditional reporting

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

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