Section 3005 of the Affordable Care
Act authorizes the establishment of a quality reporting program for
PPS-exempt cancer hospitals (PCHs). Beginning in FY 2015 and
subsequent fiscal years, the quality measures PPS-exempt cancer
hospitals are required to collect and submit 19 quality measures to
CMS (5 of these were previously reported under this program, and 14
are new). In an effort to minimize burden and maximize efficiency,
CMS has leveraged existing systems to collect aggregated and
calculated measure rates beginning with FY2014 program year. CMS is
proposing to implement some procedural requirements to align with
current quality reporting programs. These procedural requirements
would involve submitting necessary forms to comply with the PCHQR
Program and aligns with current CMS reporting requirements for
other quality programs. The aforementioned forms are the Notice of
Participation (NOP), Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement
(DACA), Data Collection, Waiver, and QualityNet secure web
registration forms.
This is Year 2 data submission
to comply with statutory requirement by implementing a quality
reporting program for the PPS-exempt cancer hospital (PCH). During
the Measures Application Partnership (MAP) assessment of measures
for the PCHQR program, several gap areas were identified within
this program. This program expansion uses existing quality measures
to fill these gaps identified in the MAP assessment, and seeks to
improve quality information about the entire patient experience,
and care provided.
$83,200
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
Denise King 410 786-1013
Denise.King@cms.hhs.gov
No
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.