diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/madiefhirservice/services/TestCaseBundleService.java b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/madiefhirservice/services/TestCaseBundleService.java
index c9099132..5a0a77d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/madiefhirservice/services/TestCaseBundleService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/madiefhirservice/services/TestCaseBundleService.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateFormatUtils;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.*;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ private List<MeasureReport.MeasureReportGroupComponent> buildMeasureReportGroupC
    * @return an equivalent integer
    */
   private int getExpectedValue(Object expectedValue) {
-    if (expectedValue == null) {
+    if (expectedValue == null || StringUtils.isBlank(expectedValue.toString())) {
       return 0;
     } else if (expectedValue instanceof Boolean) {
       return (Boolean) expectedValue ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/measures/SimpleFhirMeasureLib/madie_measure.json b/src/test/resources/measures/SimpleFhirMeasureLib/madie_measure.json
index 585c0b90..5e29ab33 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/measures/SimpleFhirMeasureLib/madie_measure.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/measures/SimpleFhirMeasureLib/madie_measure.json
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@
                "populationValues":[
                   {
                      "name":"initialPopulation",
-                     "expected":false,
-                     "actual":false
+                     "expected":null,
+                     "actual":null
                   },
                   {
                      "name":"initialPopulation",
-                     "expected":false,
-                     "actual":false
+                     "expected":" ",
+                     "actual":null
                   },
                   {
                      "name":"denominator",
-                     "expected":true,
-                     "actual":false
+                     "expected":0,
+                     "actual":0
                   },
                   {
                      "name":"denominatorExclusion",