Wiki Changelog

Owned by Alex Laird (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Sept 11, 2015
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2015-09-11

On the 'Average Covered Charges Measures' page of the wiki I removed the text “(MS-DRG XXX)” from the end of the description friendly field of the table and updated the other “DRG XXX” to “MS-DRG XXX”. I also corrected a large number of missing text from the description friendly including; measure ID 14178 the text “bstructive” was revised to “Chronic Obstructive”, measure ID 14181 the text “without” was revised to “Pneumonia without”, measure ID 14200 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14201 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14202 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14210 the text “n” was revised to “Chest Pain”, measure ID 14221 the text “Disorders” was revised to “Digestive Disorders”, measure ID 14224 the text “er” was revised to “Gallbladder”, measure ID 14227 the text “nt” was revised to “Major Joint”, measure ID 14234 the text “s” was revised to “Cellulitis”, measure ID 14237 the text “Disorders” was revised to “Metabolic Disorders”, measure ID 14242 the text “ract” was revised to “Urinary Tract”, measure ID 14249 the text “a” was revised to “Septicemia”, measure ID 14251 the text “Psychoses” was added to the end of the description, measure ID 14252 the text “rug” was revised to “Alcohol/Drug” and measure ID 14257 the text “s” was revised to “Bronchitis”.
On the 'Average Medicare Payment Measures' page of the wiki I removed the text “(MS-DRG XXX)” from the end of the description friendly and updated the other “DRG XXX” to “MS-DRG XXX”. I also corrected a large number of missing text from the description friendly including; measure ID 14278 the text “bstructive” was revised to “Chronic Obstructive”, measure ID 14281 the text “without” was revised to “Pneumonia without”, measure ID 14300 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14301 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14302 the text “lure” was revised to “Heart Failure”, measure ID 14310 the text “n” was revised to “Chest Pain”, measure ID 14321 the text “Disorders” was revised to “Digestive Disorders”, measure ID 14324 the text “er” was revised to “Gallbladder”, measure ID 14327 the text “nt” was revised to “Major Joint”, measure ID 14334 the text “s” was revised to “Cellulitis”, measure ID 14337 the text “Disorders” was revised to “Metabolic Disorders”, measure ID 14342 the text “ract” was revised to “Urinary Tract”, measure ID 14349 the text “a” was revised to “Septicemia”, measure ID 14351 the text “Psychoses” was added to the end of the description, measure ID 14352 the text “rug” was revised to “Alcohol/Drug” and measure ID 14357 the text “s” was revised to “Bronchitis”.
On the 'Pediatric Quality Indicators' page of the wiki I removed the 2nd paragraph from the heading.

2015-09-10

On the 'Average Charge Measures' page of the wiki I replaced the text "a procedure" from the 1st sentence with "a medical or surgical inpatient admission"
On the 'Average Covered Charges Measures' page of the wiki I replaced the text "a procedure" from the 1st sentence with "a medical or surgical inpatient admission"
On the 'Average Length of Stay Measures' page of the wiki I replaced the text "a procedure" from the 1st sentence with "a medical or surgical inpatient admission"
On the 'Average Medicare Payment Measures' page of the wiki I replaced the text "a procedure" from the 1st sentence with "a medical or surgical inpatient admission"
On the 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' page of the wiki I replaced the text "Data from CMS is updated quarterly and is found at" from the 2nd paragraph with "IPRO downloads data from CMS sources quarterly. A primary data source is"
On the 'HCAHPS Patient Survey Measures' page of the wiki I updated the author_measure_id for measure IDs 17154 in the table from "COMP_HCAHPS" to "H-COMP-7-A"
On the 'Process and Structural CMS Measures' page of the wiki I replaced the text "Process and Structural Measures are reported by CMS and are meant to track the progress and performance of entities for specific conditions." from the 1st sentence with "Process and Structural Measures are reported by CMS and are meant to track the progress and performance among entities." I also replaced the text "The are updated for hospitals on a quarterly basis." from the 2nd sentence with "For measures that are not retired, the measures are updated on a regular basis, which is typically quarterly or annually."

2015-09-08:

On the 'Process and Structural CMS Measures' page of the wiki I added a row to the table referencing OP-25 (measure id 17158) as it was missing.
On the 'Average Charge Measures' page of the wiki I removed text from 24 rows in the 'description_friendly' column of the table that read "Hospital list prices (more commonly referred to as gross charges) are standard prices established by hospitals each year for all services. All patients are charged the same list price for the same service before applying discounts. The median refers to the midpoint of all charges. Charges are for facility services and accommodation and may not include physician or surgeon fees." (The rows affected were measure IDs 15539, 15547, 15615, 15616, 15617, 15637, 15658, 15698, 15716, 15755, 15861, 15885, 15887, 15924, 15965, 15981, 15982, 15988, 16000, 16001, 16053, 16061, 16067, 16097)
On the 'Average Covered Charges Measures' page of the wiki I removed text from 16 rows in the 'description_friendly' column of the table that read "Hospital list prices (more commonly referred to as gross charges) are standard prices established by hospitals each year for all services. All patients are charged the same list price for the same service before applying discounts. The median refers to the midpoint of all charges. Charges are for facility services and accommodation and may not include physician or surgeon fees." (The rows affected were measure IDs 14178, 14181, 14200, 14201, 14202, 14210, 14221, 14224, 14227, 14234, 14237, 14242, 14249, 14251, 14252, 14257)
On the 'Average Length of Stay Measures' page of the wiki I removed text from 25 rows in the 'description_friendly' column of the table that read "Hospital list prices (more commonly referred to as gross charges) are standard prices established by hospitals each year for all services. All patients are charged the same list price for the same service before applying discounts. The median refers to the midpoint of all charges. Charges are for facility services and accommodation and may not include physician or surgeon fees." (The rows affected were measure IDs 14513, 14516, 14524, 14592, 14593, 14594, 14614, 14635, 14675, 14693, 14732, 14838, 14862, 14864, 14901, 14942, 14958, 14959, 14965, 14977, 14978, 15030, 15038, 15044, 15074)
On the 'Average Medicare Payment Measures' page of the wiki I removed text from 16 rows in the 'description_friendly' column of the table that read "Hospital list prices (more commonly referred to as gross charges) are standard prices established by hospitals each year for all services. All patients are charged the same list price for the same service before applying discounts. The median refers to the midpoint of all charges. Charges are for facility services and accommodation and may not include physician or surgeon fees." (The rows affected were measure IDs 14278, 14281, 14300, 14301, 14302, 14310, 14321, 14324, 14327, 14334, 14337, 14342, 14349, 14351, 14352, 14357)
On the 'Average Medicare Payment Measures' page of the wiki I removed a foot note from 28 rows in the 'description_friendly' column of the table that read "Hospital list prices (more commonly referred to as gross charges) are standard prices established by hospitals each year for all services. All patients are charged the same list price for the same service before applying discounts. The median refers to the midpoint of all charges. Charges are for facility services and accommodation and may not include physician or surgeon fees." (The rows affected were measure IDs 10317, 10323, 10331, 10342, 10397, 10398, 10399, 10408, 10450, 10453, 10637, 10638, 10639, 10640, 10641, 10642, 10643, 10644, 10645, 10646, 10647, 10648, 10649, 10650, 10322, 12083, 12088, 12092)

2015-09-04:

On the 'PDI Measures' page of the wiki I removed a line from the table referencing PDI 4 (measure id 10816) as that measure is no longer reported.
On the 'Risk Adjusted Measures' page of the wiki I updated the description to read "Risk Adjusted measures are used to report the performance of both hospitals and geographic areas, such as counties." Also added period at the end of the paragraph.
On the 'Measures Catalogue' page of the wiki I revised the description of utilization measures to read: "Measures include all payer inpatient charges and length of stay as well as Medicare inpatient charges, reimbursement and number of cases."
On the 'Utilization Measures' page of the wiki I changed the heading "Utilisation" to "Utilization" and revised the 2nd sentence to read "Measures include charges and length of stay for an all payer inpatient population. For the Medicare population, measures include charges, payments and number of cases."
On the 'State Discharge Data' page of the wiki I changed the heading and text of the description to reflect what types of data sets are being discussed (i.e. inpatient hospital discharge data sets). I also updated the 2nd sentence to correct some grammatical errors. The sentence now reads "For various reasons, we have been able to acquire only 20 states' data sets, totaling approximately 60% of national discharges."
On the 'Why not the Best' page of the wiki I updated a hyperlink which should have directed to the Health Data Consortium’s webpage on Health Data All Stars. The new url is http://allstars.healthdataconsortium.org/resources/health-data-all-stars/about-all-stars