MU Stage 1 2015 Medication Reconciliation Documentation Update:
Medication Reconciliation Stage 1 denominator has been aligned with the Stage 2 Medication Reconciliation denominator:
For Stage 1 and Stage 2, CMS specifies that the transition of care denominator of this measure should reflect the following:
- Eligible Professional (EP): When the EP is the recipient of the transition or referral:
- First encounters with a new patient and
- Encounters with existing patients where a summary of care record (of any type) is provided to the receiving EP
This will result in a workflow change for Medication Reconciliation Stage 1. Please select the ‘Summary of care received’ to manually place a patient in the denominator for Stage 1. Interim histories and the ‘Transition of care’ check box will not be used for 2015 reporting. Please see Knowledge Exchange for the updated White Paper for this objective.