Diabetes Screening for People with Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder Who Are Using Antipsychotic Medications (SSD)
What is the SSD — HEDIS® Measure?
Based on current HEDIS recommendations for best practices, members ages 18 to 64 with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder, who were dispensed an antipsychotic medication and had a diabetes screening test during the measurement year.
The following will meet compliance:
Glucose Test or HbA1c Test: Documentation in the medical record must include a note indicating a glucose test or HbA1c test was performed during the measurement year.
NCQA HEDIS Population Definition for This Measure:
Population: Members ages 18 to 64 as of December 31 of the measurement year
Line of Business: Medicaid
Reference: Diabetes Screening for People with Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder Who Are Using Antipsychotic Medications (SSD), NCQA HEDIS Tech Specifications
Best Practices
- Order a diabetes screening test every year and build care gap "alerts" in your electronic medical record.
- Follow up with patients to discuss and educate on lab results.
- Coordinate care with other providers.
- Outreach patients who cancel appointments and reschedule them as soon as possible.
- Encourage shared decision-making by educating patients and caregivers about:
- Increased risk of diabetes with antipsychotic medications
- Importance of screening for diabetes
- Symptoms of new onset diabetes
SSD Antipsychotic Medications
- Amitriptyline-perphenazine
- Aripiprazole
- Aripiprazole lauroxil
- Asenapine
- Brexpiprazole
- Cariprazine
- Chlorpromazine
- Clozapine
- Fluphenazine
- Fluphenazine decanoate
- Haloperidol
- Haloperidol decanoate
- Iloperidone
- Loxapine
- Lurasidone
- Molindone
- Olanzapine
- Paliperidone
- Paliperidone palmitate
- Perphenazine
- Prochlorperazine
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
- Thioridazine
- Thiothixene
- Trifluoperazine
- Ziprasidone
To learn more about your practice's current HEDIS performance, HEDIS Value sets for this or other measures, or for assistance in compliance with the HEDIS guidelines, please email BH_HEDISTeam@HorizonBlue.com or visit Provider Tips for Optimizing HEDIS Results Booklet.