NQMC Update Service: January 4, 2016 || American Psychiatric Association

NQMC Update Service: January 4, 2016

Measure Summaries

American Psychiatric Association

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of medical records of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of MDD and a specific diagnosed comorbid condition (diabetes, coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, chronic kidney disease [stages 4 or 5], ESRD or congestive heart failure) being treated by another clinician with communication to the clinician treating the comorbid condition.

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of MDD who have a depression severity classification and who receive, at a minimum, treatment appropriate to their depression severity classification at the most recent visit during the measurement period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of MDD who received patient education at least once during the measurement period, regarding the minimum specified criteria.

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a new diagnosis or recurrent episode of MDD with documentation of the patient's response to treatment three times in the first 90 days following diagnosis, and, if patient has not improved, documentation of treatment plan review or alteration.

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a new diagnosis or recurrent episode of MDD with three follow-up visits in the first 90 days following diagnosis of a new or recurrent episode of MDD.

• Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a new diagnosis or recurrent episode of MDD, with evidence that they met the DSM-IV-TR criteria for MDD AND for whom there is an assessment of depression severity during the visit in which a new diagnosis or recurrent episode was identified. This updates a previously published measure summary.