Vermont Medicaid (GC-16)
ABA: Adult Body Mass Index Assessment (GC-16)
Current Value
74.70%
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
This measure assesses the percentage of members 18-74 years of age who had an outpatient office visit and had their body mass index (BMI) documented during the measurement year or the year before the measurement year.
Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. It is a complex, multifaceted, chronic disease that is affected by environmental, genetic, physiological, metabolic, behavioral and psychological components.
The BMI measure is a hybrid HEDIS measure; it requires both administrative claims data and data abstracted during a medical record review. The DVHA completed a medical record review for this measure for the first time in 2016; there are no plans at this time to repeat the process in 2017.
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