Section 1881(h) of the Social Security
Act, as amended by Section 153(h) of the Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act, authorizes the establishment of a
quality incentive program for renal dialysis facilities. Beginning
in CY 2016, renal dialysis facilities have been required to collect
and submit data on quality reporting measures to CMS using
Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web-Enabled Network (CROWNWeb);
in CY 2018, this will be increased to eight quality reporting
measures. Measures are added to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program
in order to ensure a measure set that reflects the appropriate
level of care and the most important areas of service furnished by
renal dialysis facilities. Measure data are intended to be publicly
reported.
US Code:
42
USC 1395 Name of Law: Social Security Act
US Code: 42 USC 1395; section 1881 Name of
Law: Social Security Act
Our finalized policy to remove
these measures from the ESRD QIP measure set would result in a
total burden collection savings of approximately $12 million for PY
2021 (a reduction of approximately 300,000 in burden hours). Our
finalized policy to add this measure to the ESRD QIP measure set
would add approximately $21 million in total burden in CY 2020/PY
2022 (or an increase of 510,000 burden hours).
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.