CMS Seeks Comments on Vascular Readmissions Measure - Comments Accepted through Thursday, June 30, 2011
CMS has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation / Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (YNHHSC/CORE) to develop a readmission measure for patients undergoing vascular procedures. This measure is being developed using Medicare Part A inpatient and outpatient administrative claims data and is designed for potential use in public reporting. CMS is calling for public comment on the measure currently in development, titled "Hospital-Level 30-Day All-Cause Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate (RSRR) following Vascular Procedures." CMS is requesting stakeholder review and public comment of this measure. All measure comments are welcome, but we are particularly interested in feedback in the following areas: * Definition of the cohort; * Definition of the outcome; * Risk adjustment; and * Technical Expert Panel (TEP) comments. The measure specifications are outlined in the Measure Information Form (MIF); you may also review the TEP Summary Report (both available at https://www.CMS.gov/MMS/17_CallforPublicComment.asp). Comments on the measures must be received by Thursday, June 30, 11:59 pm ET and may be general or specific to the measure. The comments received will be posted approximately four weeks after the public comment period closes. The CMS public comment system, including links to the documents described above and instructions on comment submission, can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MMS/17_CallforPublicComment.asp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
