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If there are five (5) “Active Patients” in the eCQM for the calendar quarter with one (1) encounter each, the number of “Episodes of Care” equals five (5).
If there is one (1) “Active Patients” discharged five times during the calendar quarter, the number of “Episodes of Care” equals five (5).
If there are five (5) “Active Patients” during the calendar quarter where:
two Two (2) were discharged two (2) times and
three Three (3) were discharged one (1) time,
the The number of “Episodes of Care” equals seven (7).
Active Documents
The last accepted QRDA I document processed by the DDSP with the same Key information (Patient ID in the PatientRole element and Quarter in the effective date in the Reporting Parameters section) will become the Active Document within the Platform and be counted as the Active Patient on this page. Do not split a patient's data into multiple QRDA I documents (e.g., ED and Stroke data) as the last QRDA I document processed for the patient will be the Active Document/Patient, which will affect your hospital's measure rates.
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Patients (QRDA I documents) which have been replaced by being re-uploaded are not accessible. Only the last version of a given document is ‘active’ and may be reviewed. For example:
The QRDA I document for Mary Jane (named ‘Mary Jane QRDA’) is uploaded on 4/1 in a zip file named ‘MJ’.
The QRDA I document for Mary Jane (named ‘Mary Jane QRDA’) is re-uploaded on 4/2 in a zip file named ‘MJ-2’.
Only the 4/2 version of the Mary Jane QRDA I document is ‘active’ and available to be reviewed on this page.
Clicking on the ‘Magnifying Glass’ icon next to an active QRDA I document launches the Source Viewer and eCQM Logic Explorer which provides:
a A review of the patient data and how the active QRDA I document was processed against the eCQM logic, and if necessary
the The list of Schematron and Edit warnings that the file generated along with the ability to view the specific XML file structure of where the warnings occurred.
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