eCQM QICore Content Implementation Guide
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Measure: Dementia: Cognitive AssessmentFHIR

Official URL: https://madie.cms.gov/Measure/DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Version: 0.1.000
Draft as of 2024-07-09 Responsible: American Academy of Neurology Computable Name: DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR
Other Identifiers: Short Name (use: usual, ), UUID:5dd075c9-2ce3-49be-a219-055e2444cfea (use: official, ), UUID:db740bcf-41a7-4e8c-91f7-fecbbb6ffbb3 (use: official, ), Endorser (use: official, ), Publisher (use: official, )

Copyright/Legal: Attribution: The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA), PCPI’s, and American Medical Association’s (AMA) significant past efforts and contributions to the development and updating of the Measure are acknowledged. Copyright: (C)2024 American Academy of Neurology Institute (AANI). All rights reserved.

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of dementia for whom an assessment of cognition is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period

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Title: Dementia: Cognitive AssessmentFHIR
Id: DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR
Version: 0.1.000
Url: Dementia: Cognitive AssessmentFHIR
short-name identifier:

CMS149FHIR

version-independent identifier:

urn:uuid:5dd075c9-2ce3-49be-a219-055e2444cfea

version-specific identifier:

urn:uuid:db740bcf-41a7-4e8c-91f7-fecbbb6ffbb3

endorser (CMS Consensus Based Entity) identifier:

2872e

publisher (CMS) identifier:

149FHIR

Effective Period: 2025-01-01..2025-12-31
Status: draft
Publisher: American Academy of Neurology
Author: American Academy of Neurology, American Medical Association (AMA)
Description:

Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of dementia for whom an assessment of cognition is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period

Purpose:

UNKNOWN

Copyright:

Attribution: The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA), PCPI’s, and American Medical Association’s (AMA) significant past efforts and contributions to the development and updating of the Measure are acknowledged. Copyright: (C)2024 American Academy of Neurology Institute (AANI). All rights reserved.

Disclaimer:

Limited proprietary coding may be contained in the Measure specifications for convenience. A license agreement must be entered prior to a third party’s use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT[R]) or other proprietary code set contained in the Measure. Any other use of CPT or other coding by the third party is strictly prohibited. AANI, APA, AMA, and the former members of the PCPI disclaim all liability for use or accuracy of any CPT or other coding contained in the specifications. CPT(R) contained in the Measure specifications is copyright 2004-2023 American Medical Association. LOINC(R) is copyright 2004-2023 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. This material contains SNOMED Clinical Terms(R) (SNOMED CT[R]) copyright 2004-2023 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. ICD-10 is copyright 2023 World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved.

Rationale:

An estimated 5.8 million of adults in the US were living with dementia in 2019. Dementia is often characterized by the gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline in one or more domains including memory, communication and language, ability to focus or pay attention, reasoning and judgment and visual perception (Alzheimer’s Association, 2019). Cognitive deterioration represents a major source of morbidity and mortality and poses a significant burden on affected individuals and their caregivers (Daviglus et al., 2010). Although cognitive deterioration follows a different course depending on the type of dementia, significant rates of decline have been reported. For example, one study found that the annual rate of decline for Alzheimer's disease patients was more than four times that of older adults with no cognitive impairment (Wilson et al., 2010). Nevertheless, measurable cognitive abilities remain throughout the course of dementia (American Psychiatric Association, 2007). Initial and ongoing assessments of cognition are fundamental to the proper management of patients with dementia. These assessments serve as the basis for identifying treatment goals, developing a treatment plan, monitoring the effects of treatment, and modifying treatment as appropriate.

Clinical recommendation statement:

Ongoing assessment includes periodic monitoring of the development and evolution of cognitive and noncognitive psychiatric symptoms and their response to intervention (Category I). Both cognitive and noncognitive neuropsychiatric and behavioral symptoms of dementia tend to evolve over time, so regular monitoring allows detection of new symptoms and adaptation of treatment strategies to current needs... Cognitive symptoms that almost always require assessment include impairments in memory, executive function, language, judgment, and spatial abilities. It is often helpful to track cognitive status with a structured simple examination (American Psychiatric Association, 2007). The American Psychiatric Association recommends that patients with dementia be assessed for the type, frequency, severity, pattern, and timing of symptoms (Category 1C). Quantitative measures provide a structured replicable way to document the patient's baseline symptoms and determine which symptoms (if any) should be the target of intervention based on factors such as frequency of occurrence, magnitude, potential for associated harm to the patient or others, and associated distress to the patient. The exact frequency at which measures are warranted will depend on clinical circumstances. However, use of quantitative measures as treatment proceeds allows more precise tracking of whether nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments are having their intended effect or whether a shift in the treatment plan is needed (American Psychiatric Association, 2016). Conduct and document an assessment and monitor changes in cognitive status using a reliable and valid instrument, e.g., Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Ascertain Dementia 8 (AD8) or other tool. Cognitive status should be reassessed periodically to identify sudden changes, as well as to monitor the potential beneficial or harmful effects of environmental changes (including safety, care needs, and abuse and/or neglect), specific medications (both prescription and non-prescription, for appropriate use and contraindications), or other interventions. Proper assessment requires the use of a standardized, objective instrument that is relatively easy to use, reliable (with less variability between different assessors), and valid (results that would be similar to gold-standard evaluations) (California Department of Public Health, 2017). Recommendation: Perform regular, comprehensive person-centered assessments and timely interim assessments. Assessments, conducted at least every 6 months, should prioritize issues that help the person with dementia to live fully. These include assessments of the individual and care partner’s relationships and subjective experience and assessment of cognition, behavior, and function, using reliable and valid tools. Assessment is ongoing and dynamic, combining nomothetic (norm based) and idiographic (individualized) approaches (Fazio, Pace, Maslow, Zimmerman, & Kallmyer, 2018). Recommendation: Assess cognitive status, functional abilities, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, medical status, living environment, and safety. Reassess regularly and when there is a significant change in condition (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016).

Guidance (Usage): The measure requires a diagnosis of dementia is present before the routine assessment of cognition once in a 12-month period. Use of a standardized tool or instrument to assess cognition other than those listed will meet numerator performance if mapped to the concept "Intervention, Performed": "Cognitive Assessment" included in the numerator logic below. The requirement of two or more visits is to establish that the eligible clinician has an existing relationship with the patient. In recognition of the growing use of integrated and team-based care, the diagnosis of dementia and the assessment of cognitive function need not be performed by the same provider or clinician. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DMS-5 has replaced the term dementia with major neurocognitive disorder and mild neurocognitive disorder. For the purposes of this measure, the terms are equivalent. This eCQM is a patient-based measure. This FHIR-based measure has been derived from the QDM-based measure: CMS149v13. Please refer to the HL7 QI-Core Implementation Guide (https://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/STU4.1.1/) for more information on QI-Core and mapping recommendations from QDM to QI-Core 4.1.1 (https://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/STU4.1.1/qdm-to-qicore.html)
Population Criteria:
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Initial Population: All patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of dementia who have two or more visits during the measurement period
Denominator: Equals Initial Population
Numerator: Patients for whom an assessment of cognition is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period
Denominator Exception: Documentation of patient reason(s) for not assessing cognition
Supplemental Data Elements:

SDE Ethnicity

SDE Payer

SDE Race

SDE Sex

Supplemental Data Guidance : For every patient evaluated by this measure also identify payer, race, ethnicity and sex
Libraries:
DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR
Terminology and Other Dependencies:
  • Library/SupplementalDataElements|3.5.000
  • Library/FHIRHelpers|4.4.000
  • Library/QICoreCommon|2.1.000
  • AdministrativeGender
  • Condition Clinical Status Codes
  • ConditionVerificationStatus
  • Standardized Tools for Assessment of Cognition
  • Cognitive Assessment
  • Psych Visit - Diagnostic Evaluation
  • Nursing Facility Visit
  • Care Services in Long-Term Residential Facility
  • Home Healthcare Services
  • Psych Visit - Psychotherapy
  • Behavioral/Neuropsych Assessment
  • Occupational Therapy Evaluation
  • Office Visit
  • Outpatient Consultation
  • Dementia & Mental Degenerations
  • Patient Provider Interaction
  • Payer
  • Patient Reason
  • Parameters:
    name use min max type
    Measurement Period In 0 1 Period
    SDE Sex Out 0 1 Coding
    Numerator Out 0 1 boolean
    Denominator Out 0 1 boolean
    SDE Payer Out 0 * Resource
    Initial Population Out 0 1 boolean
    SDE Ethnicity Out 0 1 Resource
    SDE Race Out 0 1 Resource
    Denominator Exceptions Out 0 1 boolean
    DataRequirements:
    Resource Type Resource Elements Valueset Name Valueset
    Patient(QICorePatient) ethnicity race
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Psych Visit Diagnostic Evaluation Psych Visit - Diagnostic Evaluation
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Nursing Facility Visit Nursing Facility Visit
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Care Services in Long Term Residential Facility Care Services in Long-Term Residential Facility
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Home Healthcare Services Home Healthcare Services
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Psych Visit Psychotherapy Psych Visit - Psychotherapy
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Behavioral/Neuropsych Assessment Behavioral/Neuropsych Assessment
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Occupational Therapy Evaluation Occupational Therapy Evaluation
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Office Visit Office Visit
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Outpatient Consultation Outpatient Consultation
    Encounter(QICoreEncounter) type period status status.value Patient Provider Interaction Patient Provider Interaction
    Condition(QICoreCondition) code verificationStatus Dementia, Mental Degenerations Dementia & Mental Degenerations
    Observation(QICoreObservation) code effective value status status.value Standardized Tools Score for Assessment of Cognition Standardized Tools for Assessment of Cognition
    Observation(QICoreObservation) code effective value status status.value Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment
    Coverage(QICoreCoverage) type period Payer Type Payer
    Observation(QICoreObservationNotDone) code issued issued.value extension Standardized Tools Score for Assessment of Cognition Standardized Tools for Assessment of Cognition
    Observation(QICoreObservationNotDone) code issued issued.value extension Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment
    Direct Reference Codes:
    display code system
    Male M http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender
    Female F http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender
    Active active http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical
    Recurrence recurrence http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical
    Relapse relapse http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical
    Unconfirmed unconfirmed http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-ver-status
    Refuted refuted http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-ver-status
    Entered in Error entered-in-error http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-ver-status
    Logic Definitions:
    Group Scoring Population Criteria Expression
    64f8f6e7da013638e7b3d970 Group scoring: proportion
    Type:

    Process

    Rate Aggregation: None
    Improvement Notation:

    increase

    Initial Population
    define "Initial Population":
      exists "Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period"
        and ( Count("Qualifying Encounter During Measurement Period") >= 2 )
    Denominator
    define "Denominator":
      "Initial Population"
    Numerator
    define "Numerator":
      exists "Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods"
    Denominator Exception
    define "Denominator Exceptions":
      exists "Patient Reason for Not Performing Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods"
    Library Name Name
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Sex
    define "SDE Sex":
      case
        when Patient.gender = 'male' then "M"
        when Patient.gender = 'female' then "F"
        else null
      end
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR SDE Sex
    define "SDE Sex":
      SDE."SDE Sex"
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Encounter to Assess Cognition
    define "Encounter to Assess Cognition":
      ["Encounter": "Psych Visit Diagnostic Evaluation"]
        union ["Encounter": "Nursing Facility Visit"]
        union ["Encounter": "Care Services in Long Term Residential Facility"]
        union ["Encounter": "Home Healthcare Services"]
        union ["Encounter": "Psych Visit Psychotherapy"]
        union ["Encounter": "Behavioral/Neuropsych Assessment"]
        union ["Encounter": "Occupational Therapy Evaluation"]
        union ["Encounter": "Office Visit"]
        union ["Encounter": "Outpatient Consultation"]
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period
    define "Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period":
      "Encounter to Assess Cognition" EncounterAssessCognition
        with [Condition: "Dementia & Mental Degenerations"] Dementia
          such that EncounterAssessCognition.period during day of "Measurement Period"
            and Dementia.prevalenceInterval ( ) overlaps day of EncounterAssessCognition.period
            and Dementia.isActive ( )
            and not ( Dementia.verificationStatus ~ QICoreCommon."unconfirmed"
                or Dementia.verificationStatus ~ QICoreCommon."refuted"
                or Dementia.verificationStatus ~ QICoreCommon."entered-in-error"
            )
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods
    define "Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods":
      ( ["Observation": "Standardized Tools Score for Assessment of Cognition"]
        union ["Observation": "Cognitive Assessment"] ) CognitiveAssessment
        with "Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period" EncounterDementia
          such that CognitiveAssessment.effective.toInterval ( ) starts 12 months or less on or before day of end of EncounterDementia.period
        where CognitiveAssessment.value is not null
          and CognitiveAssessment.status in { 'final', 'amended', 'corrected', 'preliminary' }
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Numerator
    define "Numerator":
      exists "Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods"
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Qualifying Encounter During Measurement Period
    define "Qualifying Encounter During Measurement Period":
      ( "Encounter to Assess Cognition"
        union ["Encounter": "Patient Provider Interaction"] ) ValidEncounter
        where ValidEncounter.period during day of "Measurement Period"
          and ValidEncounter.status = 'finished'
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Initial Population
    define "Initial Population":
      exists "Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period"
        and ( Count("Qualifying Encounter During Measurement Period") >= 2 )
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Denominator
    define "Denominator":
      "Initial Population"
    Library Name Name
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Payer
    define "SDE Payer":
      [Coverage: type in "Payer Type"] Payer
        return {
          code: Payer.type,
          period: Payer.period
        }
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR SDE Payer
    define "SDE Payer":
      SDE."SDE Payer"
    Library Name Name
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Ethnicity
    define "SDE Ethnicity":
      Patient.ethnicity E
        return Tuple {
          codes: { E.ombCategory } union E.detailed,
          display: E.text
        }
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR SDE Ethnicity
    define "SDE Ethnicity":
      SDE."SDE Ethnicity"
    Library Name Name
    SupplementalDataElements SDE Race
    define "SDE Race":
      Patient.race R
        return Tuple {
          codes: R.ombCategory union R.detailed,
          display: R.text
        }
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR SDE Race
    define "SDE Race":
      SDE."SDE Race"
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Patient Reason for Not Performing Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods
    define "Patient Reason for Not Performing Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods":
    /*8/09/2023: Negation issue as outlined in BonnieMat-1455 and ticket https://github.com/cqframework/cql-execution/issues/296 */
      
      ( [ObservationNotDone: code in "Standardized Tools Score for Assessment of Cognition"]
        union [ObservationNotDone: code in "Cognitive Assessment"] ) NoCognitiveAssessment
        with "Dementia Encounter During Measurement Period" EncounterDementia
          such that NoCognitiveAssessment.issued during EncounterDementia.period
        where NoCognitiveAssessment.notDoneReason in "Patient Reason"
    Library Name Name
    DementiaCognitiveAssessmentFHIR Denominator Exceptions
    define "Denominator Exceptions":
      exists "Patient Reason for Not Performing Assessment of Cognition Using Standardized Tools or Alternate Methods"
    Library Name Name
    QICoreCommon prevalenceInterval
    /*
    @description: Returns an interval representing the normalized prevalence period of a given Condition.
    @comment: Uses the ToInterval and ToAbatementInterval functions to determine the widest potential interval from
    onset to abatement as specified in the given Condition. If the condition is active, or has an abatement date the resulting 
    interval will have a closed ending boundary. Otherwise, the resulting interval will have an open ending boundary.
    */
    define fluent function prevalenceInterval(condition Condition):
    if condition.clinicalStatus ~ "active"
      or condition.clinicalStatus ~ "recurrence"
      or condition.clinicalStatus ~ "relapse" then
      Interval[start of condition.onset.toInterval(), end of condition.abatementInterval()]
    else
        (end of condition.abatementInterval()) abatementDate
        return if abatementDate is null then
          Interval[start of condition.onset.toInterval(), abatementDate)
        else
          Interval[start of condition.onset.toInterval(), abatementDate]
    Library Name Name
    QICoreCommon isActive
    /* Candidates for FHIRCommon */
    
    /*
    @description: Returns true if the given condition has a clinical status of active, recurrence, or relapse
    */
    define fluent function isActive(condition Condition):
      condition.clinicalStatus ~ "active"
        or condition.clinicalStatus ~ "recurrence"
        or condition.clinicalStatus ~ "relapse"
    Library Name Name
    FHIRHelpers ToString
    define function ToString(value uri): value.value
    Library Name Name
    FHIRHelpers ToCode
    /*
    @description: Converts the given FHIR [Coding](https://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#Coding) value to a CQL Code.
    */
    define function ToCode(coding FHIR.Coding):
        if coding is null then
            null
        else
            System.Code {
              code: coding.code.value,
              system: coding.system.value,
              version: coding.version.value,
              display: coding.display.value
            }