URSA-PHU-004: PMPM Plan Spending on PPHEs
  • 27 Jun 2025
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URSA-PHU-004: PMPM Plan Spending on PPHEs

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Measure Description

Among active plan membership patient-periods, the per-member-per-month plan spending on URSA-PHU encounters.

Metadata

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

Denominator Description

The elapsed patient-months of active plan membership periods

Numerator Description

Total plan spending associated with an URSA-PHU encounter with encounter start date falling within the observation period start and end dates.

Published Fields

  • Data Model Keys

    • Patient ID
    • Primary Plan Attributee Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Individual Provider ID
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider ID
  • Patient Fields

    • Is Hospice in Last 12 Months
    • Patient Age Integer
    • Patient Age Category Tier 1
    • Patient Age Category Tier 2
    • Patient First Name
    • Patient Last Name
    • Patient State Abbreviation
    • Patient ZIP Code 5-Digit
    • Patient County Description
    • UW HIP Area Deprivation Index National Percentile
    • UW HIP ADI Quintile Category
    • CDC SVI Overall National Percentile
    • CDC SVI Overall Quintile Category
    • CDC SVI Socioeconomic Theme National Percentile
    • CDC SVI Socioeconomic Quintile Category
    • CDC SVI Household / Disability Theme National Percentile
    • CDC SVI Household / Disability Quintile Category
    • CDC SVI Minority / Language Theme National Percentile
    • CDC SVI Minority / Language Quintile Category
    • CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Theme National Percentile
    • CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Quintile Category
    • Census ACS Percentage Below Poverty
    • Census ACS Unemployment Rate
    • Census ACS Per Capita Income
    • Census ACS Percentage Without HS Diploma
    • Census ACS Percentage 65 and Older
    • Census ACS Percentage Aged 17 and Younger
    • Census ACS Percentage with Disability
    • Census ACS Percentage Single-Parent Households
    • Census ACS Percentage Minority
    • Census ACS Percentage Speak English Less Than Well
    • Census ACS Percentage Households Without Vehicle
    • Census ACS Percentage Uninsured
    • Patient Sex Category
    • Is Patient Sex Female
    • Is Patient Sex Male
    • Is Patient Race American Indian or Alaska Native
    • Is Patient Race Asian
    • Is Patient Race Black or African American
    • Is Patient Race Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
    • Is Patient Race White
    • Is Patient Race Other
    • Is Patient Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino
    • 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

    • Last Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode Start Date
    • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership Episode Start Date
    • Current Continuous Primary Payor Membership 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)
    • Segmented Period Start Date
    • Segmented Period End Date
  • Provider Fields

    • Is Patient with Primary Care Visit Last 12 Months
    • Count Primary Care Visits in Last 36 Months
    • Primary Plan Attributee Provider Description
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Individual Provider Description
    • Empirical Attributee Primary Care Provider Group Provider Description
    • Count Visits with Attributee Primary Care Provider Group in Last 36 Months
    • Count Primary Care Visits Last 12 Months
    • Count Visits with Attributee Individual Primary Care Provider in Last 36 Months
  • Insurance Fields

    • Count Active Plan Memberships
    • Primary Plan Financial Class Description
    • Is Any Plan Financial Class Commercial
    • Is Any Plan Financial Class Medicare FFS
    • Is Any Plan Financial Class Medicare Advantage
    • Is Any Plan Financial Class Medicaid
    • Is CMS Hospice Status
    • Is CMS ESRD Status
  • Diagnosis Fields

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

    • Encounter ID
    • Facility Provider ID
    • Encounter Start Date
    • Encounter End Date
    • PPHE Category
    • Is ACS Hospital Inpatient Admission
    • Is Hospital Inpatient Admission with Prior Related Encounter
    • Is High Probability Preventable ED Visit with Inpatient Admission
    • Is High Probability Preventable ED Visit without Inpatient Admission
    • ACS Admission PQI Category
    • Prior Encounter Scenario Category
    • Preventable ED Visit Scenario Category
    • Encounter LOS in Elapsed Midnights
    • Encounter LOS in Distinct Calendar Days
    • Facility Provider NPI
    • Facility Provider Description
    • Principal Discharge Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Code
    • Principal Discharge Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Description
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Single-Level Diagnosis Category Code
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Single-Level Diagnosis Category Description
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Multi-Level Diagnosis Category Tier 1 Code
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Multi-Level Diagnosis Category Tier 1 Description
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Multi-Level Diagnosis Category Tier 2 Code
    • Principal Diagnosis AHRQ CCS Multi-Level Diagnosis Category Tier 2 Description
    • Primary Plan Allowed Amount
    • Primary Plan Paid Amount
    • Total Plan Paid Amount from All Plans
    • Patient Paid Amount
  • Measure Fields

    • Denominator
    • Numerator
  • Module Fields

    • Is PPHE in Last 12 Months
    • ED PPHE Count Category
    • ACS PPHE Count Category
    • Admits with Prior Related Encounter Count Category
    • Is ED High-Utilizer with PPHE in Last 12 Months
    • Is ED High-Utilizer
    • Is New ED High-Utilizer
    • Count ED Visits in Last 3 Months
    • Count ED Visits in Last 12 Months
    • Count Potentially Preventable ED Visits in Last 12 Months
    • Count Potentially Preventable ED Visits Due to Preventable Condition in Last 12 Months
    • Count Potentially Preventable ED Visits Due to Inappropriate Setting in Last 12 Months
    • Count Ambulatory Care Sensitive Admissions in Last 12 Months
    • Count Admissions with Prior Related Encounter in Last 12 Months
    • Count Potentially Preventable ED Visits Without Admissions in Next 12 Months
    • Count Potentially Preventable Inpatient Admissions in Next 12 Months
    • Total Paid Amount for Potentially Preventable Hospital Encounters in Next 12 Months
  • [No Field Group]

    • Ursa Serial ID

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