Documentation of Signed Opioid Treatment Agreement

All patients 18 and older prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks duration who signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during Opioid Therapy documented in the medical record.

Date Reviewed: November 19, 2017
Support
    Group/Practice Individual Clinician

Measure Info

MIPS 412 CMS 412
Measure Type
Process
Measure Steward
American Academy of Neurology
Clinical Topic Area
Pain Assessment and Management
Care Setting
Outpatient
Data Source
Registry

ACP supports QPP measure 412: "Documentation of Signed Opioid Treatment Agreement because it protects clinicians from the repercussions of patients who violate the opioid agreement. Also, considering the magnitude and urgency of the opioid epidemic, quality programs should adopt this measure unless data is otherwise available to describe the negative consequences of this measure. While we support this measure, we suggest the developers update the measure specifications to include appropriate exclusion criteria for patients receiving active cancer treatment, and patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care.