• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Events
  • Articles
  • Contact
kentuckiana health collaborative 1

Kentuckiana Health Collaborative

Building a bridge to better health, better care and better value

  • About
    • Mission
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
  • Strategies
    • Improve Healthcare Quality
    • Make Healthcare More Affordable
    • Build Healthier Communities
  • Initiatives
    • Community Measurement
    • COVID-19
    • Health Equity
    • Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures Set
    • National Hospital Price Transparency Study
    • Opioids and the Workplace
  • Members
    • About the Membership
    • Current Members
    • Member Resources
    • Member Portal
  • Join
Home / Measurement / Measure of the Month: Substance Use Treatment

Measure of the Month: Substance Use Treatment

Filed Under: Measurement January 25, 2018, Stephanie Clouser

This year, the KHC added a few new measures to our annual quality reports. One of the most heavily discussed was the Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment (IET). IET is used to identify the percentage of people with a new diagnosis of alcohol or other drug dependence who initiate treatment and ultimately follow up with two more related services after the initial treatment.

The IET measure was identified as a candidate for inclusion after KHC developed a focus on behavioral health issues, including being involved in opioid dependence projects and the integration of mental and physical health. Behavioral healthcare quality measurement isn’t as established as some others, like preventive or pediatric care, which limits the options for what the KHC could select.

More specifically, IET measures the percentage of patients 13 years of age and older with a new episode of alcohol and other drug (AOD) dependence who received the following. Two age range rates are reported.

  1. Percentage of patients who initiated treatment within 14 days of the diagnosis.
  2. Percentage of patients who initiated treatment and who had two or more additional services with an AOD diagnosis within 30 days of the initiation visit.

The diagnosis of individuals with dependence disorders is a first step in the process of care, but too often, that diagnosis does not lead to some sort of treatment. This measure looks at the treatment piece of that process.

Nationally, the rate of those who initiated treatment within 14 days of diagnosis (either through inpatient admission, outpatient visit, intensive outpatient encounter, or partial hospitalization) is 34-41 percent. For follow-up with additional services in the two weeks following the initial treatment, the national rate is 11-13 percent for commercially-insured individuals and about 3.5 percent for individuals with Medicaid. When KHC’s next quality reports come out in the near future, we can compare Kentuckiana and statewide rates to national ones.

For more information on the IET measure, you can go to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Quality Measures Clearinghouse website here.

Similar Articles

KCHMS Blog Photo

Call for Applications – 2021 KY Core Healthcare Measures Set Committees

December 17, 2020

The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is filling rosters for the selection of the 2021 Kentucky Core Healthcare Measures set (KCHMS), a core healthcare measures set for Kentucky’s primary care providers, with the ultimate goal of aligning the priorities of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers. The KCHMS was first released in June […]

Read More

Community Reports Highlight Improvements in Quality Metrics, but the Effects of COVID-19 on Primary Care Remain to be Seen

May 22, 2020

In April, the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative sent private reports to nearly 450 group practices throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Soon after, the KHC released its annual community reports, featuring highlights of where the community performs well and where there are gaps in care. On Thursday, the KHC held a webinar […]

Read More

Kentuckiana Health Collaborative Releases Community Measurement Reports, Collects Data on Opioid Prescribing

April 30, 2020

The Kentuckiana Health Collaborative is pleased to release the 2018 Community Measurement Reports, which also includes opioid prescribing data as part of the KHC’s partnership with the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE). For the last 15 years, the KHC has led the way in healthcare quality measurement and transparency through […]

Read More

Get the latest articles and updates.

Our email newsletter shares our latest research, initiatives and events.

Footer

  • About
    • Mission
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
  • Members
    • About the Membership
    • Member Resources
    • Join the Membership
  • Strategies
    • Improve Healthcare Quality
    • Make Healthcare More Affordable
    • Build Healthier Communities
  • Initiatives
    • Community Measurement
    • COVID-19
    • Health Equity
    • National Hospital Price Transparency Study
    • Opioids and the Workplace
  • Connect
    • Events
    • Articles
    • Contact
khc logo blue

(502) 238-3603
1415 Bardstown Road, Mailbox 19, Louisville, KY 40204

Copyright © 2021 · Kentuckiana Health Collaborative · Privacy Policy · Sitemap · Stop Animations

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok