QID 463: Prevention of Post-Operative Vomiting (POV) - Combination Therapy (Pediatrics)

MEASURE DESCRIPTION:
Percentage of patients aged 3 through 17 years, who undergo a procedure under general anesthesia in which an inhalational anesthetic is used for maintenance AND who have two or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting (POV), who receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively.

MEASURE ID:
QID463


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:
98.81

DECILE RANGE: