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ALS Support Services

Measure purpose: Ensure patients or care partners of patients are provided information about ALS support services. 

The numerator: patients or care partners provided information on ALS support services at least once annually

is divided by

The denominator: patients or care partners of patients diagnosed with ALS phenotypes characterized by appropriate ICD codes

There are no exclusions for this measure.


Key Phrases

Examples of key phrases you could use to meet the measure include:

  • Patient provided information on ALS Association
  • Care partner provided information on I AM ALS
  • Patient provided information on Your ALS Guide
  • Care partner provided information on Les Turner
  • Patient provided information on National ALS Registry

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Oskoui sees 33 patients diagnosed with ALS phenotypes characterized by appropriate ICD Codes or care partners of patients diagnosed with ALS phenotypes characterized by appropriate ICD Codes. This is the denominator. 

There are no exclusions for this measure.

Dr. Oskoui provides 27 of these 33 patients or care partners of patients with ALS information on ALS support services at least once between January 1 and December 31.  This is the numerator.

Quality of patient care = 27/33. Dr. Oskoui has a score of 81.8% for this measure.