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CQR - CMS 138 Tobacco Use

MU, CQR, PQRS, etc.

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kmarsh

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Is anyone else on EMR 9.8.10_5 (2092) / DB 9.8.10_5 and having the results for the Tobacco Use measure coming back 0%. This happened shortly after switching the measurement period from 2017 to 2018 in mid-March. We resent the 2018 data. We have reviewed our forms. We see nothing in the CQR documentation that gives us a hint as to what might have happened. The year is almost half over and we have patients returning for a 2nd or 3rd office visit so we should have started seeing percentages by now. At each visit the patient's smoking status is screened and if a tobacco user the patient receives intervention. We are using the SMOK STATUS and SMOK ADVICE observation terms. Data Mapping seems appropriate (but who really knows). We have asked for clarification but haven't gotten any futher with understanding what we are doing wrong. There is apparently a fix for this measure if you are on 9.12 but nothing has been mentioned about fixing 9.8. Has GE abandoned 9.8 even though according to CMS cert 2014 is still ok to use this year? We are frustrated and confused.

Posted : June 19, 2018 10:00 am

mcarlo

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Hi,

We are affected by this as well. After much back and forth with GE we were told the following.

I have a little more information on the issue with CMS138 that is specific to EMR customers. It appears the SORTVALUE column in the ObsMapping view is malfunctioning and causing the data sent to CQR to be Unmet instead of Met. We have been told it is resolved in EMR 9.12 SP2.

Hope this helps! Misty

Posted : June 19, 2018 10:11 am

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