Parkinson's disease rehabilitative therapy referral quality measure
Measure purpose: Ensure patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are provided appropriate rehabilitative therapy options yearly.
The numerator: Patient who were referred to physical, occupational, speech, or recreational therapy once during the measurement period
is divided by
The denominator: All patients with a diagnosis of PD
Exclusions are removed from denominator:
- Patient and/or care partner decline referral
- Clinical determines patient does not require referral
- Patient already receiving physical/occupational/speech/recreational therapy during the measurement period
Key phrases
Examples of key phrases you could document to meet the measure include:
- Order for PT, OT, ST, RT
- Referred to physical therapy
Measure calculation example
Dr. Kim sees 100 patients between January 1 and December with a diagnosis of PD. This is the denominator.
Twenty-two had referrals to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, or recreational therapy in the year. This is the numerator.
Quality of patient care = 22/100. Dr. Kim has a score of 22% for this measure.