Disease Modifying Therapies Monitoring for Patients with MS

Quality of Patient Care = Patients Who Meet Criterion / (Eligible Population - Exclusions)

Measure Purpose: Identify patients with side effects and patients who are not adhereing to treatment

The numerator: Patients who were screened on date of encounter for:

DMT side effects, and
compliance/adherence with DMT

is divided by

The denominator: Patients with a diagnosis of MS who were prescribed a new DMT during the measurement period

Exclusions are removed from the denominator for:

Patient had a new DMT initiated on date of encounter
Patient declines a discussion on date of encounter

Key Phrases

Examples of key phrases you could use to meet the measure include:

Patient reports no side effects
DMT side effects are mild
Patient taking DMT consistently
Patient not adherent with DMT

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Wood had 100 patients with MS between January 1 and December 31. Five patients started a new DMT on the date of the encounter. The denominator is 95 (100-5).

Of the 95 patients, 30 were screened for DMT side effects and compliance with their DMT treatment. This is the numerator. Additionally, five patients declined a discussion on the date of the encounter. These five patients are removed from the denominator.

Quality of care = 30/(100-5-5). Dr. Wood has a score of 33% for this measure.