Plan of care or referral for possible medication overuse headache
Measure Purpose: Increase treatment of medication overuse headache (MOH), improve quality of life, decrease headache-related disability, decrease direct and indirect costs, and increase appropriate treatment for MOH
The numerator: Patients who had a medication overuse headache plan of care* created or who were referred for this purpose
is divided by
The denominator: All patients with a diagnosis of medication overuse headache within the past three months or who screened positive for possible medication overuse headache
Exclusions are removed from the denominator for:
- Patient already has an active plan of care in place
Key Phrases
Key phrases you should use to meet the measure include:
- Medication overuse plan of care created
Measure Calculation Example
Dr. Roy has 50 patients with a diagnosis of medication overuse headache during January 1 to December 31 of the measurement year. This is the denominator. No patients had a plan of care in place.
Of the 50 patients, 18 had a medication overuse headache plan of care initiated. This is the numerator.
Quality of care = 18/(50-0). Dr. Roy has a score of 36% for this measure.