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2012 Physician Quality Reporting System (Physician Quality Reporting)
Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process Release Notes
The following are the release notes for changes occurring for the 2012 Physician Quality Reporting
Measure-Applicability Validation. It is important to note that not all of the care settings found in
each measure have to apply to each reporting provider.
Clusters of Clinically Related Measures Used in Step 1 of Physician Quality Reporting
Measure-Applicability Validation for Claims-Based Reporting of Individual Measures:
Cluster 1 – Preventive
• Updated Title for Measure #110
Cluster 2 – Chronic Diabetic Care
No Changes
Cluster 3 – COPD Care
No Changes
Cluster 4 – Asthma Care
• Updated Title for Measures #53 and #64
Cluster 5 – Pneumonia Care
• Added Emergency Medicine to all Measures’ Titles
Cluster 6 – Cancer Care 1
• Added Hematology to all Measures’ Titles
Cluster 7 – Cancer Care 2
• Moved Measure 71 to New Cluster Breast Cancer Care
Cluster 8 – Cancer Care 3: Radiation Oncology
No Changes
Cluster 9 – Breast Cancer Care
• New Cluster Option
• Added Measures #71, #262, and #263
Cluster 10– Urinary Incontinence Care
No Changes
Cluster 11 – Fracture Follow-Up Care
No Changes
Cluster 12 – Ear, Nose, Throat Care
No Changes

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Cluster 13 – Pediatric ENT
• Retired Measure #94
Cluster 14 – Emergency Care
• Added Emergency Medicine to Measures #54 and #55
• Added Measures #252, #253, #254, #255
Cluster 15 – Pathology
• Added Measures #249, #250, #251
Cluster 16 – Diagnostic Imaging
No Changes
Cluster 17 – Depression
No Changes
Cluster 18 – Eye Care 1
No Changes
Cluster 19 – Eye Care 2
No Changes
Cluster 20 – Eye Care 3
No Changes
Cluster 21 – Hepatitis Care
No Changes
Cluster 22 – Renal Disease Care
• Retired Measures #79, #135, #153 for Physician Quality Reporting effective January 1, 2012
• Updated Measure Titles for #121, #122, #123
Cluster 23 – Stroke Management
No Changes
Cluster 24 – Stroke Discharge
• Updated Measure Title for #32, #36
Cluster 25 – Surgical Care
No Changes
Cluster 26 – Cardiac Surgical Care
No Changes

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Cluster 27 – Diabetic Foot Care
No Changes
Cluster 28 – Osteoarthritis Care
No Changes
Cluster 29 – Rheumatoid Arthritis Care
No Changes
Cluster 30 – Falls
No Changes
Cluster 31 – Anesthesia Care 1
No Changes
Cluster 32 – Anesthesia Care 2
No Changes
Cluster 33 – Ear Care
• Added Measure #261
Cluster 34 – Ischemic Vascular Disease Care
• Retired Measures #202, #203 for Physician Quality Reporting effective January 1, 2012
• Added Measure #241
Added Cluster 35 – Chronic Wound Care
• New Cluster Option
• Added measures #186, #245, #246,
Added Cluster 36 – Epilepsy Care
• New Cluster Option
• Added Measures #266, #267, #268
Added Cluster 37 – Substance Use Disorders
• New Cluster Option
• Added Measures #247, #248
Measures Not Included Within a Cluster in 2012 Physician Quality Reporting:
• Retired Measures #175 and #200 for Physician Quality Reporting effective January 1, 2012
• Updated Title for Measure #6, #131, #134, #157, #182
• Moved #186 to Chronic Wound Care Cluster
Step 2: Minimum Threshold Test:
• Removed 6-month reporting period

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Measures Reported via Registry or Measure Group Only – Not Applicable to MeasureApplicability Validation:
• Retired Measure #199 (GPRO Only) and #200 for Physician Quality Reporting effective
January 1, 2012
• Updated Titles for Measure #7, #81, #82, #164, #166, #167, #171, #187, #197, #198, #214,
and #224
• Added Measures: #236, #242, #243, #244, #256, #257, #258, #259, #260, #264, #265, #269,
#270, #271, #272, #273, #274, #275, #276, #277, #278, #279, #280, #281, #282, #283, #284,
#285, #286, #287, #288, #289, #290, #291, #292, #293, #294, #295, #296, #297, #298, #299,
#300, #301, #302, #303, #304, #317

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