Key Information

Measure Name	% of claim headers with Prescription Fill Date = Date Prescribed
File Type	CRX
Measure ID	FFS-14-003-6
Measure Type	Claims Percentage
Content area	FFS

Validation

Validation Type	Longitudinal and Inferential

Measure Priority

Measure Priority	Medium
Focus Area	N/A
Category	Utilization

Claim Information

Claim Type	Medicaid,FFS
Adjustment Type	Original
Crossover Type	Non-Crossover

Thresholds

Minimum	0.25
Maximum	0.95
TA Minimun	0.25
TA Maximum	0.95
Longitudinal Threshold	0.1
For TA (for including in compliance training)	TA- Inferential
For TA (Longitudinal)	No

Data Elements

DD Data Element	PRESCRIPTION-FILL-DATE • DATE-PRESCRIBED
DD Data Element Number	CRX085 • CRX084

Annotation

The percentage of Medicaid FFS: original, non-crossover, paid RX claims where the fill date is equal to the prescribed date

Specification

STEP 1: Active non-duplicate RX claims during DQ report month Define the RX claims universe at the header level that satisfy the following criteria: 1. Reporting Period for the filename = DQ report month 2. CLAIM-STATUS-CATEGORY is not equal to "F2" or is missing 3. CLAIM-DENIED-INDICATOR is not equal to "0" or is missing 4. TYPE-OF-CLAIM is not equal to "Z" or is missing 5. CLAIM-STATUS is not equal to ("26","026","87","087","542","585","654") or is missing 6. No Header Duplicates: Duplicates are dropped at the header-level, if the following four data elements are the same: ICN-ORIG, ICN-ADJ, ADJUDICATION-DATE, and ADJUSTMENT-IND. STEP 2: Medicaid FFS: Original, Non-crossover, Paid Claims Of the claims that meet the criteria from STEP 1, further restrict them by the following criteria: 1. TYPE-OF-CLAIM = "1" 2. ADJUSTMENT-IND = "0" 3. CROSSOVER-INDICATOR = "0" or is missing STEP 3: Fill date equals prescribed date Of the claims that meet the criteria from STEP 2, select records where 1. PRESCRIPTION-FILL-DATE = DATE-PRESCRIBED STEP 4: Calculate the percentage for the measure Divide the count of claims from STEP 3 by the count of claims from STEP 2