Section 3005 of the Affordable Care Act authorizes the establishment of a quality reporting program for PPS-exempt cancer hospitals (PCHs). Beginning in FY 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, the quality measures PPS-exempt cancer hospitals are required to collect and submit 19 quality measures to CMS (5 of these were previously reported under this program, and 14 are new).
In an effort to minimize burden and maximize efficiency, CMS has leveraged existing systems to collect aggregated and calculated measure rates beginning with FY2014 program year.
CMS is proposing to implement some procedural requirements to align with current quality reporting programs. These procedural requirements would involve submitting necessary forms to comply with the PCHQR Program and aligns with current CMS reporting requirements for other quality programs. The aforementioned forms are the Notice of Participation (NOP), Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement (DACA), Data Collection, Waiver, and QualityNet secure web registration forms.
This is Year 2 data submission to comply with statutory requirement by implementing a quality reporting program for the PPS-exempt cancer hospital (PCH). During the Measures Application Partnership (MAP) assessment of measures for the PCHQR program, several gap areas were identified within this program. This program expansion uses existing quality measures to fill these gaps identified in the MAP assessment, and seeks to improve quality information about the entire patient experience, and care provided.
$83,200
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Uncollected
Denise King 410 786-1013 Denise.King@cms.hhs.gov
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.