Assessment of mood disorders and psychosis for patients with Parkinson's disease quality measure
Measure purpose: Ensure patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are assessed annually for mood disorders and psychosis.
The numerator: Patients who were assessed for depression, anxiety, apathy, AND psychosis once during the measurement period
is divided by
The denominator: All patients with a diagnosis of PD
There are no exclusions for this measure.
Key Phrases
Examples of key phrases you could document to meet the measure:
*All 4 symptoms must be recorded:
- Patient assessed for psychosis, depression, anxiety, and apathy
Measure Calculation Example
Dr. Zhang sees 5 patients (A, B, C, D, and E) between January 1 and December 31 that were diagnosed with PD. This is the denominator
- All five patients A, B, C, D, and E were assessed for psychosis.
- Four patients A, B, D, and E were assessed for depression. C was not.
- All five patients A, B, C, D, and E were assessed for anxiety.
- Four patients A, B, C, and E were assessed for apathy. D was not.
Two patients (A + B + E) met the numerator. Two patients failed to meet the numerator (C, D).
Quality of care = 3/5. Dr. Zhang's performance rate is 60% for this measure.