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There are ________ measures to choose from in the Improvement Activities area.

How much must a clinician bill per year in allowed charges for covered professional services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule to be eligible to participate in MIPS?

Why might an organization report these events to an outside agency such as The Joint Commission, a Patient Safety Organization, or a state medical error reporting program?

Once it is determined how these events happened, what might be the next step from a Performance Improvement standpoint?  In other words, what quality improvement process or processes might be initiated?

Regional Hospital reported that 726 surgical operations were performed.  There were 6 post op infections. Calculate the post-op infection rate.

The following are stats for New Amsterdam Hospital for 2018: Total number of discharges:                                   723 Total number of inpatient service days:                4578 Total number of length of stay (discharge) days:  4410 Calculate the average LOS.  

Women’s Hospital discharged 3973 obstetrical discharges in 2020.  Also in 2020, there were 3 direct maternal deaths.   Calculate the maternal death rate.

In February, there was a total of 3048 anesthetics administered.  Two patient deaths were attributed to anesthetics.   Calculate the anesthesia death rate.

The gross autopsy rate is the total autopsies on inpatient deaths divided by:

Indirect maternal death is defined as the death of a pregnant woman from a cause aggravated by pregnancy or its management,