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You are invited to join the Administrator
of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS), Chiquita
Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, to hear key updates from her first
100 days in office. The Administrator’s vision is for CMS to serve the
public as a trusted partner and steward, dedicated to advancing health
equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes. We invite you to
join us for this first national stakeholder call to learn more about how
you can partner with us as we implement our vision.
When: September
17, 2021 from 12:30 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Speakers:
- CMS
Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
- CMS
Leadership team
Who should attend:
National and local stakeholders and partners
To Join the Call Click Here:
https://cms.zoomgov.com/j/1619106718?pwd=RGdzcmI2TENZMmVLcHU1ZjgwSHhIdz09
Call: 833 568 8864 (Toll Free)
Webinar ID: 161 910 6718
Passcode: 891135
Questions: We
want to hear from you. Questions can be submitted in advance of the webinar
by emailing Partnership@cms.hhs.gov.
CMS has contracted with Acumen, LLC to
develop episode-based cost measures for their potential use in the cost
performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As
part of measure development, Acumen convenes Clinician Expert Workgroups
(“workgroups”) to provide input on all components of cost measure
specifications.
Acumen is hosting 2 part-day virtual
webinars that are open to the public with a listen-only option.
Stakeholders and members of the public are invited to listen in on
the considerations that inform cost measure development. Please share this
message with anyone you believe may be interested.
The dates and times for the upcoming
webinars are listed below. To register, please click on the webinar(s)
you’re interested in attending:
The CKD/ESRD measures are a
re-specification for MIPS of the cost measures that were developed for the
Kidney Care First Option of the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Alternative Payment
Model in 2020. More information on the KCC model is available here, and a report summarizing expert
input from the Technical Expert Panel that Acumen convened is available here.
The Psychoses/Related Conditions measure
was one of 11 episode-based cost measures developed between April and
December 2018. During the 2018-2019 pre-rulemaking process, the Measure
Applications Partnership (MAP) conditionally supported 10 measures, but re-voted
on the Psychoses/Related Conditions measure with ‘do not support’ for
rulemaking. Since then, Acumen has continued to gather feedback about
refining the measure through multiple channels.
Information about the measure development
process and development activities (including this process summary document) undertaken in previous years is
on the MACRA Feedback Page.
If you have any questions about measure
development, workgroups, or the workgroup meetings, please contact Acumen
at macra-clinical-committee-support@acumenllc.com.
If you would like to receive measure development updates, please join our mailing list.
If you have questions about MIPS, the cost
performance category, or cost measures currently in use in MIPS, please
contact the Quality Payment Program at 1-866-288-8292 or by e-mail at QPP@cms.hhs.gov
(Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET). To receive assistance more quickly,
please consider calling during non-peak hours—before 10 a.m. and after 2
p.m. ET.
- Customers
who are hearing impaired can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS
Communications Assistant.
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