Achieving Quality Measures in Encompass

Encompass offers the following reporting methods, or submission mechanisms:

  • Claims
  • Built-in registry
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) IRIS® Registry

You may choose multiple reporting methods (e.g., use claims-based reporting for some measures and registry reporting for others). If you submit a measure using multiple methods, CMS will give you credit for your highest-scoring reporting method.

Not every reporting method is available for each measure. The following table lists each of the measures supported by Encompass and which reporting methods are available for each. Click the measure name to learn how to achieve the measure in Encompass.

Measure Category High Priority Claims Registry AAO IRIS

 

Choose 1 Outcome measure.

Choose 1 high priority if no Outcome is available.

Choose 6 measures from these columns. You may choose measures in different columns.

001. Diabetes: Glycemic Status Assessment > 9% Intermediate Outcome Yes  
117. Diabetes: Eye Exam Process    
130. Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record Process Yes  
141. Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG): Reduction of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) by 20% or Documentation of a Plan of Care Outcome Yes  
191. Cataracts: 20/40 or Better Visual Acuity within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery (Documentation coming soon)          
226. Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention Process  
236. Controlling High Blood Pressure Intermediate Outcome Yes  
303. Cataracts: Improvement in Patient’s Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery (Documentation coming soon)          
304. Cataracts: Patient Satisfaction within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery (Documentation coming soon)          
317. Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented Process      
374. Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report (Documentation coming soon)          
384. Adult Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Surgery: No Return to the Operating Room Within 90 Days of Surgery (Documentation coming soon)          
385. Adult Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Surgery: Visual Acuity Improvement Within 90 Days of Surgery (Documentation coming soon)          
389. Cataract Surgery: Difference Between Planned and Final Refraction          
499. Appropriate screening and plan of care for elevated intraocular pressure following intravitreal or periocular steroid therapy (Documentation coming soon)          
501. Acute posterior vitreous detachment and acute vitreous hemorrhage appropriate examination and follow-up (Documentation coming soon)          
508. Adult COVID-19 vaccination status (Documentation coming soon)          
509. Melanoma: Tracking and Evaluation of Recurrence (Documentation coming soon)          

Measure contributes up to 10 points based on performance.

Measure is capped at a maximum of 7 points based on performance.

The IRIS Registry supports additional measures through its web portal. For more information, go to www.aao.org/iris-registry.

To sign up for the Encompass IRIS Registry integration, go to www.eyefinity.com/IRIS.