CMS-10210 Validation Review for Reconsideration Request

CMS Hospital IQR Program Validation Review for Reconsideration Request

If the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) determines that a hospital did not meet any of the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program requirements due to a confidence interval validation score of less than 75 percent and the hospital would like to request a reconsideration, the hospital must complete and mail this form, along with a paper copy of the entire medical record (as previously sent to the Clinical Data Abstraction Center [CDAC] Contractor) for the appealed element(s). This form and the entire medical record must be received by the Validation Support Contractor, within 30 days following the date of receipt of the Hospital IQR Program Annual Payment Update (APU) Notification Letter, at:

Telligen

Attn: Validation Support Contractor

1776 West Lakes Parkway

West Des Moines, IA 50266

CMS Certification Number (CCN): Hospital Name: State:

Hospital Contact Name: Telephone:

Patient ID*	Abstraction Control #*	Encounter/Discharge Date*	Measure Set*	Element Name*	Rationale: Please provide written justification in the space below for each appealed data element classified as a mismatch. Mismatched data elements that affect a hospital’s validation score would be subject to reconsiderations. Supplemental information that was not located in the original medical record sent to the CMS Clinical Data Abstraction Center (CDAC) cannot be accepted.

*These elements are displayed on the Case Detail Report.

PRA Disclosure Statement:

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