This article series is our monthly tool to help you maximize patient health
outcomes in accordance with the NCQA's
1 HEDIS
®2
measurements for high-quality care on important dimensions of services.
Why is the Adult BMI Assessment important?
Being overweight or obese significantly increases an individual's risk for
other health problems, such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure,
stroke, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, arthritis, and more.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
How does HEDIS® define Adult BMI
Assessment?
The percentage of commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO
members ages 18 through 74 who had an outpatient visit and whose Body Mass
Index (BMI) was documented during the measurement year or prior year.
Improving your score: The checklist
Record the date of the visit.
Record the patient's height.
Record the patient's weight.
Calculate and record the patients BMI value.
Calculating BMI
No Electronic Medical Record? Use the
NHLBI online
calcualtor or
mobile phone
app.
Star Alerts
Adult BMI Assessment is also a Medicare Stars
3 measure.
Did you know that providers registered for ePASS
® can receive
financial incentives by documenting certain patient encounters? In addition,
BMI will automatically be calculated when providers input patients' height and
weight into ePASS
®.
Register for ePASS
® today and start earning! Go to
https://epass.inovalon.com.
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® series or you
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Resources
Download free educational handouts and brochures at
www.cdc.gov/obesity/
resources/factsheets.html.
1 The National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) is the most widely recognized accreditation program in the U.S.
2 The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is
an NCQA tool used by more than 90 percent of U.S. health plans to measure
performance on important dimensions of care.
3 Stars is a program developed by CMS to measure quality health
care. Ratings are published annually to help educate consumers prior to
enrollment decisions.