Percentage of discharges for patients 6 years of age and older who were hospitalised for treatment of selected mental illness or intentional self-harm diagnoses and who had a follow-up visit with a mental health practitioner within 7 days and 30 days after discharge.

Number in the denominator with a follow-up visit with a mental health practitioner within 7 days and 30 days after acute inpatient discharge. Do not include visits that occur on the date of discharge.

Number of patients 6 years of age and older who were discharged from an acute inpatient setting (including acute care psychiatric facilities) with a principal diagnosis of mental illness or intentional self-harm on or between January 1 and December 1 of the measurement period.

Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period, Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day/30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliant for visit follow-up).

None

7 days and 30 days of follow-up.

Health plan.

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Program (CMS and Providers) CMS Provider Compare (Publicly reported).

qpp.cms.gov/mips/explore-measures qpp-cm-prod-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2217/2023%20MIPS%20Quality%20Measures%20List.xlsx Reported at data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/7d6a-e7a6

cmit.cms.gov/cmit/#/MeasureView?variantId=566&sectionNumber=1 www.cms.gov/files/document/2023-qrs-measure-technical-specifications.pdf