The Proportion of Patient/Resident Stays or Quality Episodes With a Discharge/Transfer Assessment Indicating That a Current Reconciled Medication List Was Provided to the Subsequent Provider at the Time of Discharge/Transfer

Identifying Attributes

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

Defining Attributes

Definition

The proportion of patient/resident stays or quality episodes with a discharge/transfer assessment indicating that a current reconciled medication list was provided to the subsequent provider at the time of discharge/transfer.

Numerator

The number of LTCF patient stays with a LTCH CARE Data Set discharge/transfer assessment indicating a current reconciled medication list was provided to the subsequent provider at the time of discharge/transfer.

Denominator

The total number of LTCF patient stays, regardless of payer, ending in discharge/transfer to the following settings only: a short-term general hospital, a SNF, intermediate care, home under care of an organised home health service organisation or hospice, hospice in an institutional facility, a swing bed, an IRF, another LTCH, a Medicaid nursing facility, an inpatient psychiatric facility, or a critical access hospital.

Exclusions

Patients who died are not included in this measure

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Home Health Quality Reporting Program

Link to Measurement Tools
Domain
Not Assigned
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
No
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
Yes
Upload Date
23 July 2025