QID 430: Prevention of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) – Combination Therapy

MEASURE DESCRIPTION:
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who undergo a procedure under an inhalational general anesthetic, AND who have three or more risk factors for post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), who receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively.

MEASURE ID:
QID430


COLLECTION TYPE:
MIPS CQM

HIGH PRIORITY STATUS:
Yes

MEASURE TYPE:
Process

BENCHMARK:
Yes

BENCHMARK TYPE:
Historical

TOPPED OUT:
Yes

SEVEN POINT CAP:
Yes

AVERAGE PERFORMANCE RATE:
98.8

DECILE RANGE: