§414.1260. Composite scores.
42 C.F.R. § 414.1260
The standardized score for each quality of care measure is classified into one of the following equally weighted domains to determine the quality composite:
Patient safety.
Patient experience.
Care coordination.
Clinical care.
Population/community health.
Efficiency.
If a domain includes no measure or does not reach the minimum case size in § 414.1265, the remaining domains are equally weighted to form the quality of care composite.
The standardized score for each cost measure is grouped into two separate and equally weighted domains to determine the cost composite:
Total per capita costs for all attributed beneficiaries— Total per capita costs measure and Medicare Spending per Beneficiary measure; and
Total per capita costs for all attributed beneficiaries with specific conditions— Diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or heart failure (four measures).
Measures within each domain are equally weighted.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[77 FR 69368, Nov. 16, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 74821, Dec. 10, 2013]
Source
Source: 77 FR 69368, Nov. 16, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr(b)(l).
Source
Source: 55 FR 23441, June 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[77 FR 69368, Nov. 16, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 74821, Dec. 10, 2013]