| Medicare Rural Hosptial Flexibility - Performance Improvement and Measurement System - Program Measures List, Prepared March 2019 | 
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		| Area | PIMS data format | Tracking# | Description | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.01_ | Core Patient Safety Quality Improvement - To Be Answered by all State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.01a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 1 Patient Safety activities for OP-27 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.01b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 1 Patient Safety activities for IMM-2 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.01c | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 1 Patient Safety activities that showed improvement on OP-27 activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.01d | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 1 Patient Safety activities that showed improvement on IMM-2 activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.01f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.01 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.02_ | Core Patient Engagement Quality Improvement - To Be Answered by all State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.02a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 2  Patient Engagement Improvement activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.02b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 2 Patient Engagement activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.02f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.02 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.03_ | Core Care Transitions Quality Improvement - To Be Answered by all State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.03a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 3 Core Care Transition activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.03b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 3 Core Care Transition activities  that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.03f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.03 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.04_ | Core Outpatient Quality Improvement  - To Be Answered by all State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.04a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 4 Core Outpatient activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.04b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Core MBQIP Domain 4 Core Outpatient activities  that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.04f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.04 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.05_ | Additional Patient Safety Quality Improvement - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.05a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 1  Patient Safety activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.05b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 1  Patient Safety activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.05f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.05 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.06_ | Additional Care Transitions - Discharge Planning Quality Improvement  - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.06a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 3 Care Transitions Discharge Planning activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.06b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 3 Care Transitions Discharge Planning activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.06f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.06 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.07_ | Additional Care Transitions - Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.07a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 3 Care Transitions Medication Reconciliation activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.07b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 3 Care Transitions Medication Reconciliation activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.07f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.07 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.08_ | Additional Outpatient and ED Quality Improvement  - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | CAH selection | 1.08a | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 4 Outpatient Improvement activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | conditional CAH selection | 1.08b | Number (#) of CAHs (unduplicated) participating in Additional MBQIP Domain 4 Outpatient Improvement activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.08f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.08 during the budget period | 
	
		| Quality | na - section title | 1.09_ | Data Reporting Improvement  - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Quality | $ value 0-999,999 | 1.09f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 1.09 during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | na - section title | 2.01_ | Statewide Financial and Operational Assessment  - To Be Answered by all State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Financial | $ value 0-999,999 | 2.01f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 2.01 during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | na - section title | 2.02_ | Financial and Operational In-Depth Assessments - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Financial | CAH selection | 2.02a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in in-depth assessments during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | CAH selection | 2.02b | Number (#) of  CAHs with financial indicators identified for improvement during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | conditional CAH selection | 2.02c | Number  (#) of CAHs with financial indicators identified for improvement that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | $ value 0-999,999 | 2.02f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 2.02 during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | na - section title | 2.03_ | Revenue Cycle Management - To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Financial | CAH selection | 2.03a | Number (#) of CAHS participating in Revenue Cycle Management activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | conditional CAH selection | 2.03b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Revenue Cycle Management activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | $ value 0-999,999 | 2.03f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 2.03 during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | na - section title | 2.04_ | Operational Improvements -To Be Completed if Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Financial | CAH selection | 2.04a | Number (#) of CAHS participating in Operational Improvement activities during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | conditional CAH selection | 2.04b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Operational Improvement activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | # 0-99 | 2.04c | Number (#) of financial and/or operational improvement Networks during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | CAH selection | 2.04d | Number (#) of CAHs participating in these networks during the budget period | 
	
		| Financial | $ value 0-999,999 | 2.04f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 2.04 during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.01_ | Statewide CAH Population Health Management Needs Assessment - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.01f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.01 during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.02_ | Hospital Community Health Needs Assessments and Improvement - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | CAH selection | 3.02a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment and Improvement activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | conditional CAH selection | 3.02b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment and Improvement activities that demonstrated improvement during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.02f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.02 during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.03_ | Community-level Rural EMS System Assessment - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | CAH selection | 3.03a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in a Community-level Rural EMS System Assessment during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.03f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.03 during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.04_ | Population Health Improvement - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | CAH selection | 3.04a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Population Health Improvement activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | conditional CAH selection | 3.04b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Population Health Improvement activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.04f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.04  during this budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.05_ | EMS Time Critical Diagnoses Capacity Improvement - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | CAH selection | 3.05a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Improve Time Critical Diagnoses EMS System Capacity activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | conditional CAH selection | 3.05b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Improve Time Critical Diagnoses EMS System Capacity activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | # 0-99 | 3.05c | Number (#) of EMS entities participating in Improve Time Critical Diagnoses EMS System Capacity activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | # 0-99 | 3.05d | Number (#) of EMS entities participating in Improve Time Critical Diagnoses EMS System Capacity activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.05f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.05 during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | na - section title | 3.06_ | EMS Capacity and Operational Performance Improvement -To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| PH/EMS | CAH selection | 3.06a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Improve EMS Capacity and Operational Performance activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | conditional CAH selection | 3.06b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Improve EMS Capacity and Operational Performance activities that improved for the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | # 0-99 | 3.06c | Number (#) of EMS entities participating in improve EMS Capacity and Operational activities during the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | # 0-99 | 3.06d | Number (#) of EMS entities participating in improve EMS Capacity and Operational activities that improved for the budget period | 
	
		| PH/EMS | $ value 0-999,999 | 3.06f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 3.06 during this budget period | 
	
		| Conversion | na - section title | 4.01_ | Designation of CAHs in the state - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Conversion | # 0-99 | 4.01a | Number (#) of hospitals requesting and receiving assistance in conversion to CAH status during the budget period | 
	
		| Conversion | CAH selection | 4.01b | Number (#) of hospitals converted  to CAH status during the budget period | 
	
		| Conversion | # 0-99 plus text box | 4.01c | Number (#) of hospitals receiving assistance in conversion to CAH status that did not convert during the budget period | 
	
		| Conversion | $ value 0-99,999 | 4.01f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 4.01  during this budget period | 
	
		| Models | na - section title | 5.01_ | Integration of Innovative Health Care Models - To Be Completed If Selected by State Flex Programs | 
	
		| Models | CAH selection | 5.01a | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Integration of Innovative Models of Care activities for the budget period | 
	
		| Models | conditional CAH selection | 5.01b | Number (#) of CAHs participating in Integration of Innovative Models of Care activities that improved during the budget period | 
	
		| Models | $ value 0-99,999 | 5.01f | Amount ($) of Flex Funds utilized toward Activity 5.01 during the budget period | 
	
		| Spending | na - section title | SS_ | Spending Summary - allows automatic validation to ensure accuracy of reported total spending by category before reports are submitted | 
	
		| Spending | $ value 0-999,999 | SSa | Amount ($) of Flex Funds: Total award for Current Report Period (budget period) | 
	
		| Spending | $ value 0-999,999 | SSb | Amount ($) of Flex Funds: Total approved carryover for Current Report Period (budget period) | 
	
		| Spending | $ value 0-999,999 | SSc | Amount ($) of Flex Funds: Total unspent funds for Current Report Period (budget period) |