Section 10322 of the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) authorizes the establishment of a new quality reporting
program for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs). The program
began with an initial set of 6 measures for FY 2014 and FY 2015 and
currently includes 18 measures. For FY 2020 we propose adding one
measure calculated from administrative claims. IPFs that fail to
comply with the program’s requirements will receive a 2% reduction
in their Annual Payment Update (APU). To minimize burden and
maximize efficiency, CMS has leveraged existing systems within CMS
to collect aggregated data and calculated measure rates from the
IPFs, in a form, manner and time as specified by CMS, via a secure
portal known as the QualityNet Web site. CMS will use the FY 2014
procedural requirements designed to align with current quality
reporting programs. These procedural requirements involve
submitting necessary forms (e.g., Notice of Participation Form,
Reconsideration Request Form) to comply with the program and align
with current CMS reporting requirements for other hospital quality
reporting programs. When adding new measures, the law requires CMS,
where “feasible and practical”, to select measures put forward by
“one or more national consensus building entities”. Section 3013 of
the ACA requires CMS to perform a gap analysis for needed quality
measures every three years. Section 3014 of the ACA requires CMS to
develop quality and efficiency measures through a “consensus-based
entity”. Consequently, the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP),
convened by the National Quality Forum (NQF), was formed to develop
measures consistent with these requirements. CMS reviewed the MAP’s
formal recommendations prior to identifying IPFQR measures for the
FY 2018 IPPS/LTCH PPS rule.
This package addresses the
finalized changes to the IPFQR in the FY 2019 IPF PPS final rule.
The changes adopt a new measure removal factor, remove five
measures, update wage rates, and remove the requirement that
facilities submit data on sample size counts. Details of the effect
of these policies on our currently approved burden estimates are
provided in section 15 of Supporting Statement A (attached).
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.