2011 EHR Quality Measure Spec 0004

MEASURE # 0004

MEASURE TITLE Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment: (a) Initiation, (b) Engagement

MEASURE DESCRIPTION The percentage of adolescent and adult patients with a new episode of alcohol and other drug (AOD) dependence who initiate Treatment through an inpatient AOD admission, outpatient visit, intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalization within 14 days of the diagnosis and who initiated Treatment and who had two or more additional services with an AOD diagnosis within 30 days of the initiation visit.

Documents for 2011 EHR-Based Reporting
SPREADSHEET NQF_Retooled_Measure_0004.xls

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PDF FILE NAME NQF_HQMF_HumanReadable_0004.pdf

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REGARDING MULTIPLE NUMERATORS The following measures require reporting more than one numerator (NQF Numbers 0064, 0027, 0421, 0024, 0033, 0036, 0038, 0075, 0004, and 0105). If a measure has more than one numerator, than all numerators must be reported and there must also be a denominator reported for each numerator (even if the denominator population remains the same for the measure). Therefore the number of numerators reported will always equal the number of denominators needed for reporting regardless of whether the denominator remains the same for a measure or it changes (e.g., denominator population is stratified by age) and results in more than one denominator for the measure.

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