Exercise or Physical Activity Counseling

Measure Purpose: Ensure patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) are counseled on importance of and provided regular exercise regimen recommendations yearly. 

The numerator: patients with PD counseled on importance of and provided recommendations on regular exercise regimen* in the past 12 months.

*Regular exercise regimen is defined as at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity each week per the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

is divided by

The denominator: all patients with a diagnosis of PD.

There are no exclusions for this measure. 

Key Phrases

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

• Counseled on regular exercise regimen 
• Discussed exercise options

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Park sees 100 patients between January 1 and December with a diagnosis of PD. This is the denominator. 

Thirty-eight had documentation of counseling on regular exercise regimen in the year.  This is the numerator. 

Quality of patient care = 38/100. Dr. Park has a score of 38% for this measure.