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2016 Measure Updates and Specifications Report Facility 7-Day Risk-Standardized Hospital Visit Rate after Outpatient Colonoscopy: A Quality Measure for Profiling Facility Performance Using Claims Data Version 2.0

Guidance for updates that have been made to the Facility 7-Day Risk-Standardized Hospital Visit Rate after Outpatient Colonoscopy measure during annual reevaluation and following CMS’s confidential national reporting period (dry run) of colonoscopy measure results in July 2015.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: May 04, 2016

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