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Annual Monitoring for Persons on Long-Term Opioid Therapy (AMO)

CBE ID
3541
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
Next Maintenance Cycle
Fall 2024
1.3 Measure Description

The percentage of individuals 18 years of age and older who are on long-term opioid therapy and have not received a drug test at least once during the measurement year.

        • 1.5 Measure Type
          1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
          1.8 Level Of Analysis
          1.20 Testing Data Sources
        • 1.14 Numerator

          Individuals in the denominator population who have not received a drug test during the measurement year.

        • 1.15 Denominator

          The target population for this measure is individuals 18 years of age and older and prescribed long-term opioid therapy during the measurement year. Individuals are excluded if they have had any claims indicating a cancer diagnosis or hospice care at any time during the measurement year.

        • Exclusions

          The measure excludes individuals with: 1) a diagnosis of cancer at any time during the measurement year; or 2) hospice care at any time during the year.

        • 1.13a Data dictionary not attached
          No
        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
          Endorsed Behavioral Health and Substance Use Fall Cycle 2019
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
        • Steward
          Pharmacy Quality Alliance
          Steward Organization POC Email
          Steward Organization Copyright

          Rights retained by PQA, Inc 2019.

          Limited proprietary coding is contained in the Measure specifications for convenience. Users of the proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of these code sets.
          CPT[R] contained in the measure specifications is copyright 2004-2017 American Medical Association.
          ICD-10 copyright 2017 World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved.
          LOINC[R] copyright 2004-2017 Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
          Uniform Bill Codes copyright 2017 American Hospital Association. All rights reserved.

          Due to technical limitations, registered trademarks are indicated by (R) or [R].

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