CMS Seeks Public Comments on Hip and Knee Replacement Outcomes Measures
Comments Accepted through Wednesday, August 11 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 quality outcomes measures for patients undergoing elective total hip and total knee replacement. Both measures are being developed using Medicare Part A inpatient administrative claims data and are designed for potential use in public reporting and Medicare's pay-for-reporting program. To date, CMS and YNHHSC/CORE has convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) and developed draft documents that define specifications for each measure. CMS now requests stakeholder review and public comment on the measure. Comments must be received by Wednesday, August 11, 2010. All measure comments are welcome, but we are particularly interested in feedback in the following areas: * Definition of the outcomes * Risk adjustment * Technical Expert Panel (TEP) comments To be considered, comments must be forwarded electronically via the website below or via email to [email protected]. Please include your name, credentials, and email address in your message, and indicate whether you are commenting as an individual or as a representative on behalf of an organization. We also ask that you indicate whether your measure is general to all measures or specific to either measure. To review the measure in more detail, please visit CMS' Measures Management System online at: https://www.cms.gov/MMS/17_CallforPublicComment.asp. A summary of all the comments received will be posted on CMS' Measures Management System website about four weeks after the public comment period closes. Thank you for your support 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_Listser vs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX <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 <http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
