Fig. 1

Comparison of blood pressure control among patients with hypertension using the CMS 165v8 measure specification, which deems patients as uncontrolled for hypertension if their last documented blood pressure measurement is over 12 months prior to the reporting period (even if the last recorded measurement was controlled) versus only patients with a documented blood pressure measurement in the last 12 months. The graph also shows the corresponding proportion of all patients with hypertension with no documented blood pressure measurement in the past 12 months. This comparison is among community health centers who had implemented self-measured blood pressure monitoring prior to December 2019. The reference timeframe for blood pressure control is December 2019-October 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic began impacting healthcare delivery in the United States in March 2020. In March 2021, states in the US began making COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults