Follow-Up Care for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Are Newly Prescribed an Antipsychotic Medication
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
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Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of new antipsychotic prescriptions for Medicaid beneficiaries age 18 years and older who have completed a follow-up visit with a provider with prescribing authority within four weeks (28 days) of prescription of an antipsychotic medication.
Numerator
The number of new antipsychotic medication prescriptions with a qualifying outpatient visits within 28 days (4 weeks) of the prescription fill date.
Denominator
New antipsychotic prescriptions for Medicaid beneficiaries age 18 years and older.
Exclusions
Medicaid beneficiaries with an acute inpatient admission during the four-week follow-up period after prescription of an antipsychotic medication Patients who expired within four weeks of new prescription date.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Not on care compare. Measure data will be reported annually (12 months). To account for the follow-up period following a new antipsychotic prescription, the denominator period will start January 1 and end November 30 of the measurement year. The measure includes a 120 day (four month) look-back period to establish "new" antipsychotic prescriptions.