Series 1: “Meaningful Use” for Behavioral Health Providers 9/2013 From the CIHS Video Series “Ten Minutes at a Time” Module 3: Core Objectives/Measures for Behavioral Health Providers Part 1- Objectives 1 through 7
Module 3, Part 1 Overview Key terms and concepts (including the “Exclusion Rule”) Core Objectives and Measures 1 through 7 from the perspective of the Behavioral Health provider Multiple links to online resources
Key Terms/Concepts Unique patient Patient seen one or more times, only counted once during the EHR reporting period Used for arriving at the denominator in many of the measures Attestation Some measures require that the EP confirm that certain EHR functionality has been enabled and is in use Exclusion Rule Not all measures can be met by every EP, due to different types of practices and patients. These types of measures have an “exclusion” rule that excludes the EP from having to meet that particular Objective. Each application of the exclusion rule reduces the total number of Core Objectives that must be met.
measures/cpoe-meaningful-use More about this Objective Implementation Recommendations
measures/drug-interaction-check Clinical Decision Support (CDS) design: More about this Objective
More about this Objective: use/core-measures/patient-problem-listhttp:// use/core-measures/patient-problem-list Transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10: Frequently Asked Questions on Transitioning from DSM to ICD: x x Using the ICD-10 for Classifying Mental and Behavioral Disorders: AHIMA Problem List Guidance Body of Knowledge: ok1_ ok1_049241
use/core-measures/e-prescribing More about this Objective State-level progress
measures/e-prescribing More about this Objective Medication Reconciliation
More about this Objective measures/medication-allergy-list More about this as a General Topic
More about this Objective use/core-measures/record-demographics More about Health Disparities
Summary Each Objective has its own Measure Determine Objective was attained Calculate the number of unique patients seen by the EP during the reporting period (denominator), and; Calculate the number of unique patients who received the service (numerator) Expressed as a percent Compared to the Measure requirement Some Objectives have an “exclusion rule” and some only require that the EP attest that the functionality is in use
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