Joint Commission Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Assisted Living Community (ALC)
Applicable calendar years:

- 01-01-2023 (1Q2023) through 12-31-2023 (4Q2023)

- 01-01-2024 (1Q2024) through 12-31-2023 (4Q2024); as of March 2024

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Introduction

This section of the manual provides several tools to assist assisted living organizations and their vendors in understanding the order in which the aggregate data elements are entered into the Direct Data Submission Platform (DDSP).

Tool #1

Applicable to the following measures:  ALC-01, ALC-02, ALC-03, ALC-04

• These measures are rate-based proportion measures that are not stratified.

Aggregate Data Element	Data Entry Information
Denominator	User enters data Zero Denominator Attestation for the month will be prompted at this point in data entry.
Numerator	User enters data
Observed Rate	Calculated by DDSP Open

Tool #2

Applicable to the following measures:  ALC-05

• ALC-05 is a rate-based proportion measures that is stratified.

• ALC-05 requires entry of separate data for ALC-05a and ALC-05b.

• The DDSP calculates the Numerator for ALC-05 using the data entered by the HCO for Number of Staff Employed and Number of Direct Care Staff Employed. See below for more information.

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