OMB approval is
granted for the Office Systems Survey and Validation Instrument
only, as we await revisions to the Site Visit Protocol (and future
submission of physician and beneficiary surveys). Approval for the
full demonstration study is contingent on the implementation of
plans to robustly analyze critical policy questions such as the
unintended consequences that may arise in a P4P environment and the
differences in intermediate health outcomes between patients at the
treatment and control sites. To this end, CMS acknowledges that one
of the meaningful use criteria under ARRA will be submission of
clinical quality measures to CMS. CMS agrees that to the extent
that these data become available they will be linked to EHRD
treatment and control group practices participating in ARRA and
included in the impact analysis. CMS further agrees to conduct
statistical analyses to disentangle effects of the demonstration
and ARRA funds on these outcomes measures. As agreed, CMS will
resubmit this ICR for the remainder of the EHR demonstration when
those materials and additional justification materials are ready.
All previous terms of clearance for the MCMP and EHR demos remain
in effect, including those for the OSS survey component of the MCMP
demo submitted as a separate ICR, as well as those associated with
the underlying ICR package.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2013
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2012
1,577
0
980
844
0
470
0
0
0
CMS is conducting an evaluation of the
Medicare Care Management Performance (MCMP) Demonstration. The MCMP
demonstration is a pay-for performance demonstration with physician
practices that provide primary care for at least 50 traditional
fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries with congestive heart
failure, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and other selected
chronic diseases. The goals of the demonstration are to (1) improve
quality of care to eligible fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries
and (2) to encourage the implementation and use of health
information technology (HIT). Participating practices will receive
an incentive payment for improving quality of care and an
additional bonus for electronic submission of quality measures. CMS
is also conducting an evaluation of the Electronic Health Records
Demonstration (EHRD) which expands upon the MCMP demonstration and
has the same goals. The demonstration also targets physician
practices providing primary care to at least 50 Medicare
beneficiaries with congestive heart failure, coronary artery
disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions. In this
demonstration, physician practices will receive an incentive
payment for using electronic health records and an incentive
payment for improving quality of care.
PL:
Pub.L. 108 - 173 649 Name of Law: Medicare Care Management
Performance Demonstration
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.