measurement paid date

meas_pd_dt

quality

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The payment date for a quantified clinical value. Used to track temporal information related to measurement paid date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for measurement management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

meas_pd_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  meas_pd_dt DATE,  -- measurement paid date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  meas_pd_dt as measurement_paid_date
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

HEDIS measure rate calculation and reporting
CMS Stars rating program performance tracking
Quality improvement initiative monitoring
Pay-for-performance (P4P) contract analytics
CAHPS survey data integration and scoring

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
meas_pd_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  meas_pd_dt   DATE,  -- measurement paid date (date only, no time)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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