Health Assessments in Primary Care

^a. PCMH: Requirement 2C Comprehensive Health Assessment includes "Behaviors affecting health."
^b. Includes assessment and follow-up action (e.g., referral, counseling, other intervention).
^c. Medicare patients only.
^d. Information in these categories may already exist in medical records and may not be needed in a health assessment.
^e. Includes children and adolescents.

Sources: 

1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Meaningful Use, http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Meaningful_Use.html
2. National Committee for Quality Assurance, HEDIS Measures,  http://www.ncqa.org/HEDISQualityMeasurement/HEDISMeasures.aspx.
3. National Committee for Quality Assurance, Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program, http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/Recognition/PatientCenteredMedicalHomePCMH.aspx.
4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Physician Quality Reporting System, http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/PQRS/index.html
5. The Joint Commission, Core Measures Sets, http://www.jointcommission.org/core_measure_sets.aspx.
6. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force A and B Recommendations, http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsabrecs.htm