CMS Seeks Comments on COPD Outcomes Measures Comments Accepted through Friday, July 8, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (YNHHSC/CORE) to develop two hospital-level, quality outcomes measures for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The measures are designed for potential use in public reporting and are complementary measures intended to assess different domains of hospital quality. This notice serves as a call for public comment on the two measures currently in development: (1) 30 day, all-cause mortality following hospitalization for acute exacerbation of COPD (2) 30 day, all-cause readmission following hospitalization for acute exacerbation of COPD CMS is requesting stakeholder review and public comment of these two measures currently under development. All measure comments are welcome, but we are particularly interested in feedback in the following areas: * Cohort for inclusion in the measures * Inclusion/exclusion criteria * Risk adjustment strategy The measure specifications are outlined in the Measure Information Forms (MIFs) which are available in the Downloads section below. We have also convened a technical expert panel (TEP) comprised of a broad range of experts and stakeholders to provide feedback on the measures during the development process. A TEP Summary Report outlining the feedback received from TEP members is also available under the Downloads section. All comments on the measures must be received by July 8, 2011 at 11:59pm ET. Comments received will be posted for approximately four weeks once this public comment period closes. Please use the following link to access the CMS Public Comment system and COPD measure documents: http://www.cms.gov/MMS/17_CallforPublicComment.asp and submit your comments to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Thank you for your time and participation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
