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    URSA-PHARM-022: Distinct Refill Dates for Patients on 2+ Meds
    • 27 Jun 2025
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    URSA-PHARM-022: Distinct Refill Dates for Patients on 2+ Meds

    • Updated on 27 Jun 2025
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    Measure Description

    Among patients actively taking two or more chronic medications, the count of distinct upcoming refill dates for those chronic medications

    Metadata

    • Measure Type: Rate Measure
    • Temporal Structure: Entity
    • Component Class: Long-Form
    • Denominator Case Field: Patient ID
    • Target Direction: Down

    Denominator Description

    One per patient with 2+ chronic medications with remaining supply from their most recent fill, as of the snapshot date

    Numerator Description

    One per distinct calendar day associated with either the supply exhausted date or the actual refill date (for fills in the past), whichever comes first.

    Published Fields

    • Data Model Keys

      • Document ID
      • Patient ID
      • Filling Provider ID
      • Prescribing Provider ID
      • Lifetime Medication Treatment Episode ID
      • Primary Payor ID
      • Primary Plan ID
      • Primary Plan Attributee Provider ID
      • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Individual Provider ID
      • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider ID

    • Operations Support Fields

      • Prescription Number
      • Patient Operational ID
      • Primary Payor Operational ID
      • Primary Plan Operational ID

    • Patient Fields

      • Patient Date of Birth
      • Patient Age Integer
      • Patient Age Category Tier 1
      • Patient Age Category Tier 2
      • Patient Sex Category
      • Is Patient Sex Female
      • Is Patient Sex Male
      • PCP Attribution Category
      • Primary Care Engagement Category
      • Specialty Care Engagement Category
      • Count Specialty Care Office Visits in Last 36 Months
      • Primary or Specialty Care Engagement Category
      • Count Clinician Office Visits in Last 3 Years
      • Count Hospital Inpatient Admissions in Last 12 Months
      • Count ED Visits Without Inpatient Admissions in Last 12 Months

    • Date Fields

      • Filled Date
      • Next Medication Synchronization Opportunity Date
      • Period Start Date
      • Period End Date
      • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode Start Date
      • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode End Date
      • Current Continuous Pharmacy Claim Data Coverage Episode Start Date
      • Current Continuous Pharmacy Claim Data Coverage Episode End Date
      • Segment Start Date -- The start date of the reporting segment. (See also [URSA-CORE] Reporting Segment)
      • Segment End Date -- The end date of the reporting segment. (See also [URSA-CORE] Reporting Segment)
      • Snapshot Date -- The date, evaluated at 00:00:00 AM, giving the moment the state of the world will be set to for the purposes of an analysis. The snapshot date does not represent the freshness of the data, or the date in real time at which an analysis was executed.

    • Provider Fields

      • Is Prescribing Provider Empirically Attributed PCP
      • Count Distinct Filling Providers Last 12 Months
      • Count Distinct Prescribing Providers Last 12 Months
      • Prescribing Provider NPI
      • Prescribing Provider Description
      • Prescribing Practice Address State Abbreviation
      • Prescribing Practice Address ZIP Code 5-Digit
      • Filling Provider NPI
      • Filling Provider Description
      • Is Filling Provider Mail Order Pharmacy
      • Is Filling Provider Specialty Pharmacy
      • Provider Fill Volume Percentile Rank
      • Provider Fill Volume Quintile Category
      • Is Filling Provider Major Chain
      • Filling Provider Major Chain Description
      • Filling Provider State Abbreviation
      • Filling Provider ZIP Code 5-Digit
      • Filling Provider Primary NUCC Provider Taxonomy Code
      • Filling Provider Primary NUCC Provider Taxonomy Description
      • Empirical Attributee PCP Provider NPI
      • Empirical Attributee PCP Provider Description
      • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider NPI
      • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider Description
      • Count Primary Care Visits in Last 36 Months
      • Count Visits with Attributee Individual Primary Care Provider in Last 36 Months
      • Count Visits with Attributee Primary Care Provider Group in Last 36 Months

    • Location Fields

      • Patient State Abbreviation
      • Patient ZIP Code 5-Digit
      • UW HIP Area Deprivation Index National Percentile
      • UW HIP ADI Quintile Category
      • CDC SVI Overall Quintile Category

    • Insurance Fields

      • Primary Payor Description
      • Primary Plan Description
      • Primary Plan Financial Class Description
      • Is Primary Plan Financial Class Commercial
      • Is Primary Plan Financial Class Medicare Advantage
      • Is Primary Plan Financial Class Medicaid
      • Is CMS ESRD Status
      • Is CMS Hospice Status
      • Count Active Plan Memberships
      • Is Dual Medicare-Medicaid Enrolled

    • Medication Fields

      • Count of Active Chronic Medications
      • NDC Code 11-Digit
      • Label Description
      • Is OTC
      • Days Supply
      • Calendar Date-LMTE Aggregate Days Supply
      • Red Book Generic Cross Reference Code
      • Primary Agent Description
      • Red Book Generic Formulation Code
      • Active Ingredients Description
      • Form Description
      • Route of Administration Description
      • AHFS Therapeutic Class Code 6-Digit
      • AHFS Therapeutic Class Tier 1 Description
      • AHFS Therapeutic Class Tier 2 Description
      • AHFS Therapeutic Class Tier 3 Description
      • NCPDP Dispense as Written Code

    • Diagnosis Fields

      • CCW Count Category
      • Count CCW Conditions
      • Is CCW Asthma
      • Is CCW CKD
      • Is CCW COPD and Bronchiectasis
      • Is CCW Depression
      • Is CCW Diabetes
      • Is CCW Heart Failure
      • Is CCW Schizophrenia or Other Psychotic Disorders
      • Is CCW Bipolar Disorder
      • Is CCW Acquired Hypothyroidism
      • Is CCW Acute Myocardial Infarction
      • Is CCW ADHD, Conduct Disorders, and Hyperkinetic Syndrome
      • Is CCW Alzheimers Disease
      • Is CCW Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders or Senile Dementia
      • Is CCW Anemia
      • Is CCW Anxiety Disorders
      • Is CCW Atrial Fibrillation
      • Is CCW Autism Spectrum Disorder
      • Is CCW Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
      • Is CCW Blindness and Visual Impairment
      • Is CCW Breast Cancer
      • Is CCW Cataract
      • Is CCW Cerebral Palsy
      • Is CCW Colorectal Cancer
      • Is CCW Cystic Fibrosis and Other Metabolic Disorder
      • Is CCW Deafness and Hearing Impairment
      • Is CCW Depressive Disorders
      • Is CCW Endometrial Cancer
      • Is CCW Epilepsy
      • Is CCW Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain and Fatigue
      • Is CCW Glaucoma
      • Is CCW Hip or Pelvic Fracture
      • Is CCW Hyperlipidemia
      • Is CCW Hypertension
      • Is CCW Intellectual Disability
      • Is CCW Ischemic Heart Disease
      • Is CCW Learning Disability
      • Is CCW Leukemia
      • Is CCW Lung Cancer
      • Is CCW Migraine and Chronic Headache
      • Is CCW Mobility Impairment
      • Is CCW Multiple Sclerosis
      • Is CCW Muscular Dystrophy
      • Is CCW Obesity
      • Is CCW Osteoporosis
      • Is CCW Other Developmental Delay
      • Is CCW Personality Disorder
      • Is CCW Pressure or Chronic Ulcer
      • Is CCW Prostate Cancer
      • Is CCW PTSD
      • Is CCW PVD
      • Is CCW Rheumatoid Arthritis or Osteoarthritis
      • Is CCW Schizophrenia
      • Is CCW Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
      • CCW Systems Category
      • Count CCW Systems
      • Is CCW System Behavioral Health
      • Is CCW System Cardiovascular
      • Is CCW System Congenital
      • Is CCW System Endocrine/Metabolic
      • Is CCW System Genitourinary
      • Is CCW System Hematologic
      • Is CCW System Musculoskeletal
      • Is CCW System Neurological
      • Is CCW System Oncologic
      • Is CCW System Ophthalmologic
      • Is CCW System Pulmonary
      • Is CCW System Other

    • Financial Fields

      • Medication Plan Paid Amount in Last 12 Months
      • Medication Patient Paid Amount in Last 12 Months
      • Total Medication Paid Amount Last 12 Months
      • Cumulative Calendar Year Rx Plan Paid Amount
      • Cumulative Calendar Year Rx Patient Paid Amount

    • Metadata Fields

      • Random Integer 1 to 1000

    • Validation Only Fields

      • Count of Original Fill Records
      • Supply Exhausted Date
      • LMTE Medication Next Filled Date

    • Measure Fields

      • Denominator
      • Numerator

    • Module Fields

      • Is Generic
      • Is Single Source
      • Is Chronic Medication
      • Is Medication Included in PDC Measures
      • Is Antidiabetic
      • Is Oral ACEI/ARB
      • Is Statin
      • Is Priority Adherence Medication
      • Is Antidepressant
      • Is Antineoplastic
      • Is Oral Antidiabetic
      • Is Beta Blocker
      • Is High Risk Medication
      • Is Anticoagulant
      • Is Cardiac Glycosides
      • Is Insulin
      • Is Opiate Agonists
      • Is Oral Antiplatelet
      • Is Oral Hypoglycemic
      • Ingredients Hash
      • Count Distinct Opioid Prescribing Providers in Last 6 Months
      • Count Distinct Opioid Filling Providers in Last 6 Months
      • Count Distinct Opioid Prescribing Providers in Last 12 Months
      • Count Distinct Opioid Filling Providers in Last 12 Months
      • Is Patient with any Active Chronic Medications
      • Count of Fills in Last 12 Months Category
      • Count of Fills Last 12 Months
      • Count Opioid Fills in Last 6 Months
      • Count Opioid Fills in Last 12 Months
      • Aggregate Opioid Days Supply in Last 6 Months
      • Aggregate Opioid Days Supply in Last 12 Months
      • Medication Management Trigger Category
      • Is Patient with Active Medication Management Trigger
      • Count Active Medication Management Trigger Categories
      • Is High Medication Spend
      • Is Very High Medication Spend
      • Is High Number of Prescribing Providers
      • Is High Number of Filling Providers
      • Is Multiple Opioid Prescribing Providers Last 6 Months
      • Is Multiple Opioid Filling Providers Last 6 Months
      • Is Active Chronic Opioid Episode
      • Is High Number of Chronic Medications
      • Count Active Chronic Medications
      • Active High Risk Medication Episode Category
      • Is Any Active High Risk Medication Episode
      • Count Active High Risk Medication Types
      • Count Active Oral Antiplatelets
      • Count Active Anticoagulants
      • Count Active Cardiac Glycosides
      • Count Active Opioids
      • Count Active Oral Hypoglycemics
      • Count Active Insulins
      • Active Priority Adherence Medication Type Category
      • Is Any Priority Adherence Medication Active
      • Count Active Priority Adherence Medications
      • Count Active Priority Medication Types
      • Count Active Antidepressants
      • Count Active Antidiabetics
      • Count Active Oral Antidiabetics
      • Count Active Antineoplastics
      • Count Active Beta Blockers
      • Count Active Oral ACEI/ARBs
      • Count Active Statins
      • Active PDC Medication Type Category
      • Is Patient with Any Active PDC Medications
      • Count Active PDC Medication Types
      • Is Active Oral Antidiabetic PDC Medication
      • Is Active Oral ACEI/ARB PDC Medication
      • Is Active Statin PDC Medication

    • [No Field Group]

      • Ursa Serial ID
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