This category is for questions related to the Optimal Diabetes Care and the Optimal Vascular Care clinical quality measures.
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Should PCSK9 inhibitors (PCSK9i) be classified as statin medications that are used in clinical measure calculation, given their shared ability to reduce LDL cholesterol levels?
Updated: Monday, November 13, 2023
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DDS Acceptable Blood Pressure Readings for Quality Measures
Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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Diabetes measure: Is an A1c result from a home test kit acceptable for reporting?
Updated: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
a1c
diabetes
hba1c
home test
lab
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Diabetes measure: Should a patient who has Gestational Diabetes be included in the data submission?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020
diabetes
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Is a patient who meets inclusion criteria for IVD measure and also has Gestational Diabetes considered to have a co-morbidity of diabetes?
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020
comorbidity
cycle a
diabetes
gestational diabetes
ivd
ovc
vascular
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Is Fenofibrate lipid lowering medication an acceptable replacement for statin?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020
diabetes
fenofibrate
odc
ovc
statin
vascular
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Statin Exceptions, Aspirin Exceptions and Additional Medication FAQs
Updated: Wednesday, August 4, 2021
asa
aspirin
aspirin exceptions
diabetes
statin
statin exceptions
vascular
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Vascular measure: Will MNCM retain the Optimal Vascular Care measure that was removed from SQRMS?
Updated: Tuesday, December 29, 2020
optimal vascular care
ovc
vascular
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When the triglycerides are too high to calculate the LDL, our lab will typically do a measured LDL. Can we submit the measured/calculated LDL value rather than leaving it blank?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020
diabetes
lab
ldl
odc
ovc
vascular
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Is Repatha an allowable substitution for a Statin Medication?
Updated: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
diabetes
exception
medication
odc
ovc
repatha
repatha (evolocumab)
statin
vascular