Table 1.

MDC Assessment Areas and Levels of Implementation

Assessment Area	Level of MDC Implemented
	Evolving MDC (1)	Developing MDC (2)	MDC (3)	Moving Toward Excellence (4)	Achieving Excellence (5)
Case planning	Care planning is asynchronous, with patient presenting to multiple physician offices without shared medical record; 100% of patient cases reviewed retrospectively	Care planning is asynchronous, with patient presenting to multiple physician offices with shared medical record	Most care planning is asynchronous, but some patient care plans are discussed in multidisciplinary conferences occurring weekly	All patient care planning is done through multidisciplinary conference occurring ≥ weekly; 100% of patient cases reviewed prospectively	All patient care planning is done through multidisciplinary conference occurring while patient encounters care; 100% of patient cases reviewed prospectively

Abbreviations: EMR, electronic medical record; MDC, multidisciplinary care; NA, not applicable.

^*Collected patient-level data indicating whether case planning was conducted with or without patient present.