Hospital Outpatient Quality
Data Program (HOPQDRP) (CMS-10250)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/09/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2024
953,700
3,125,100
907,670
1,387,119
0
0
Section 109(a) of the Tax Relief and
Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA) (Pub. L. 109-432) amended section
1833(t) of the Social Security Act by adding a new subsection (17)
that affects the payment rate update applicable to Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS) payments for services furnished
by hospitals in outpatient settings on or after January 1, 2009.
Section 1833(t)(17)(A) of the Act, which applies to hospitals as
defined under section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Act, requires that
hospitals that fail to report data required for quality measures
selected by the Secretary in the form and manner required by the
Secretary under section 1833(t)(17)(B) of the Act will incur a
reduction in their annual payment update (APU) factor to the
hospital outpatient department fee schedule by 2.0 percentage
points. Hospital OQR Program payment determinations are made based
on Hospital OQR Program quality measure data reported and
supporting forms submitted by hospitals as specified through
rulemaking. To reduce burden, a variety of different data
collection mechanisms are employed, with every consideration taken
to employ existing data and data collection systems.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 432 109(a) Name of Law: Quality reporting for
hospital outpatient services and ambulatory surgical center
services
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 148 3014 Name of Law: Affordable Care Act
The changes in burden discussed
below include updating the wage rate from $38.80/hour to
$42.40/hour based on more recent BLS wage data, as previously
discussed. Combined with our updated assumption of the average
number of cases required for chart abstracted measures from 947 to
289, the policy to remove the Fibrinolytic Therapy Received Within
30 Minutes (OP-2) and Median Time to Transfer to Another Facility
for Acute Coronary Intervention (OP-3) measures effective with the
CY 2023 reporting period result in a total decrease in annual
burden of 513,480 hours at a cost of $21,771,552 (513,480 x
$42.40/hour). Combined with our updated assumption of the average
number of cases required for web-based measures from 384 to 242,
the policy to require the Cataracts: Improvement in Patient’s
Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery measure
(OP-31), beginning with the CY 2023 reporting period/CY 2025
payment determination will result in a total increase in burden of
32,931 hours at a cost of $1,396,274 (32,931 x $42.40/hour) due to
the additional 80 percent of hospitals that will be required to
report this measure. The policy to adopt the STEMI eCQM, with
voluntary reporting beginning with the CY 2023 reporting period and
mandatory reporting beginning with CY 2024 reporting period/CY 2026
payment determination will result in a total increase of 2,200
hours at a cost of $93,280 (2,200 hours x $42.40) for the CY 2029
payment determination. As shown in Table 2, for the FY 2025 payment
determination, we estimate an increase in burden of 110 hours at a
cost of $4,664 (110 hours x $42.40/hour). In aggregate, for the CY
2027 payment determination, we estimate the updated assumptions and
policies finalized in the CY 2022 OPPS/ASC final rule will result
in a total decrease of 479,449 hours (-513,480 + 32,931 + 1,100) at
a cost of +$20,328,638 (479,449 x $42.40/hour) across 3,300
hospitals.
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.