4.15.2022Initiation and Engagement of Substance Use Disorder Treatment (IET) Should denominator episodes be deduplicated to one per day? For example, if a member has two outpatient visits with an SUD diagnosis on the same date of service (with different providers), is it one denominator episode or two?
Deduplicate denominator episodes to one per day. Two eligible SUD encounters on the same date of service count as one denominator episode.