Request for Nominations of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Potential Inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013 Improved Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid/CHIP, 11119-11120 [2012-4267]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 37 / Friday, February 24, 2012 / Notices
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ healthcare
research and healthcare information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Request for Nominations of Children’s
Healthcare Quality Measures for
Potential Inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013
Improved Core Set of Health Care
Quality Measures for Medicaid/CHIP
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Request for measures.
AGENCY:
Section 401(a) of the
Children’s Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA),
Public Law 111–3, amended the Social
Security Act to enact section 1139A (42
U.S.C.1320b–9a). Section 1139A(b)
charged the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) is soliciting the
submission of measures of children’s
healthcare quality for potential
inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013 Improved
Core Set of Health Care Quality
Measures (the ‘‘Improved Core Set’’) for
potential voluntary use by Medicaid and
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the Children’s Health Insurance
Program. In addition, CHIPRA
established the Pediatric Quality
Measures Program to increase the
portfolio of measures available to public
and private purchasers of children’s
health care services, providers, and
consumers. HHS anticipates that
measures ultimately included in the
Improved Core Set will also be used by
public and private purchasers to
measure pediatric healthcare quality.
AHRQ is interested in information about
the importance, scientific validity, and
feasibility of the measures. If a measure
is selected for inclusion, more
information, including a copyright
release (if applicable) and full measure
specifications would be needed.
DATES: Please submit materials within
60 days of publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are
encouraged, preferably as an email with
one or more electronic files in a
standard word processing format as an
email attachment. Submissions may also
be in the form of a letter to: Denise
Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Child
Health and Quality Improvement,
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301–427–1868, Fax: 301–
427–1562, Email: denise.DOUGHERTY
@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
It would be most helpful to the
Agency if commenters would include
the following information in their
response: measure characteristics:
measure name; measure description;
denominator statement (if applicable);
numerator statement (if applicable); data
sources and exclusions; applicable
proprietary rights (e.g., patent or data
rights); any confidentiality or trade
secret protections; whether the measure
is part of a measure hierarchy (e.g., a
collection of measures, a measure set, a
measure subset as defined at https://
www.QUALITYMEASURES.AHRQ.gov/
about/hierarchy.aspx); detailed measure
specifications; importance of the
measure; settings, services, measure
domains, and populations addressed by
the measure; evidence for focus of the
measure; scientific soundness of the
measure; results of any efforts to
demonstrate the capacity of the measure
to produce results that stratify by race/
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special
health care need, and/or rurality/
urbanicity; feasibility of the measure
(e.g., availability of data in existing data
systems); levels at which the measure
can be aggregated (e.g., State, health
plan, provider); understandability to
consumers and providers; health
information technology readiness and
sensitivity (e.g., whether the measure
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has been tested in an electronic health
record or other health information
technology); followup contact
information.
AHRQ would also be interested in a
summary rationale for why the measure
should be included in the 2013
Improved Core Set, taking into account
a balance among desirable attributes of
the measure. For example, you may be
want to describe advantages that this
measure has over alternative measures
that were considered by the measure
developer or advantages that this
measure has over existing measures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior
Advisor, Child Health and Quality
Improvement, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd,
Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301–427–
1868, Fax: 301–427–1562, Email:
denise.DOUGHERTY@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
401(a) of the Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111–3,
amended the Social Security Act to
enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
Since CHIPRA was passed, the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) and the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) have been
working together to implement selected
provisions of the legislation related to
children’s health care quality
(www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA). An initial
core measure set for voluntary use by
Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Programs was posted
December 29, 2009 (https://
www.GPO.gov/fdsys/PKG/FR–2009–12–
29/html/E9–30802.htm). In February
2010, CMS released a State Health
Official letter which outlined the initial
core measures and how they should be
reported to CMS.
Subsequently, AHRQ and CMS
established the CHIPRA Pediatric
Quality Measures Program (PQMP) to
enhance select pediatric quality
measures and develop new measures as
needed (https://www.AHRQ.gov/
CHIPRA). CHIPRA stipulates that
improved core measures be identified
annually, beginning January 1, 2013.
Under the PQMP, measures are being
developed and improved by 7 AHRQ–
CMS Centers of Excellence (https://
www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/
PQMPFACT.htm). In addition, this
notice seeks public nominations of
measures for potential inclusion in
Improved Core Sets.
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In order to assist AHRQ and CMS to
assess the importance, validity, and
feasibility of submitted measures, a
Subcommittee on Children’s Healthcare
Quality Measures of the AHRQ National
Advisory Council on Healthcare
Research and Quality (SNAC) has been
established (https://www.ahrq.gov/
chipra/panellist11.htm). The
Subcommittee will consider measures
submitted through this public call, and
measures submitted by the 7 AHRQ–
CMS Centers of Excellence.
CHIPRA asks that measures in the
improved core sets be: evidence-based;
able to identify disparities by race,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
special health care need; risk-adjusted
as appropriate; and designed to ensure
that data are collected and reported in
a standard format that permits
comparison of quality and data at a
State, plan, and provider level.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
AHRQ Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From UAB
Health System Patient Safety
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:
AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment
from the UAB Health System Patient
Safety Organization of its status as a
Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public
Law 109–41, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21—b–26,
provides for the formation of PSOs,
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care
delivery. The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety
Rule), 42 CFR part 3, authorizes AHRQ,
on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list
as a PSO an entity that attests that it
meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for listing. A PSO can be
‘‘delisted’’ by the Secretary if it is found
to no longer meet the requirements of
the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule, including when a PSO chooses to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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The directories for both listed
and delisted PSOs are ongoing and
reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The
delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on January 13, 2012.
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
DATES:
Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: https://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Grinder, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
540 Gaither. Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697;
Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY
(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local):
(301) 427–1130; Email:
pso@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity is to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.
HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to
implement the Patient Safety Act.
AHRQ administers the provisions of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule (PDF file, 450 KB. PDF Help)
relating to the listing and operation of
PSOs. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient
Safety Rule requires AHRQ to provide
public notice when it removes an
organization from the list of federally
approved PSOs. AHRQ has accepted a
notification from the UAB Health
System Patient Safety Organization,
PSO number P0042, which is a
component entity of the UAB Health
System to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO. Accordingly, the UAB
Health System Patient Safety
Organization was delisted effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on January 13,
2012.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Scientific Information Request on
Treatment Strategies for Patients With
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Request for scientific
information submissions
AGENCY:
The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking
scientific information submissions from
manufacturers of peripheral artery
disease treatment medical devices.
Scientific information is being solicited
to inform our Comparative Effectiveness
Review of Treatment Strategies for
Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
(PAD), which is currently being
conducted by the Evidence-based
Practice Centers for the AHRQ Effective
Health Care Program. Access to
published and unpublished pertinent
scientific information on this device
will improve the quality of this
comparative effectiveness review.
AHRQ is requesting this scientific
information and conducting this
comparative effectiveness review
pursuant to Section 1013 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003, Public Law 108–173.
DATES: Submission Deadline on or
before March 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES:
SUMMARY:
Online Submissions
https://effectivehealthcare.AHRQ.gov/
index.cfm/submitscientific-informationpackets/. Please select the study for
which you are submitting information
from the list of current studies and
complete the form to upload your
documents.
Email submissions: ehcsrc@ohsu.edu
(please do not send zipped files—they
are automatically deleted for security
reasons).
Print submissions: Robin Paynter,
Oregon Health and Science University,
Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center,
3181 SW. Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail
Code: BICC, Portland, OR 97239–3098.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin Paynter, Research Librarian,
Telephone: 503–494–0147 or Email:
ehcsrc@ohsu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with Section 1013 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003, Public Law 108–173, the Agency
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Request for Nominations of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures
for Potential Inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013 Improved Core Set of Health
Care Quality Measures for Medicaid/CHIP
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Request for measures.
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SUMMARY: Section 401(a) of the Children's Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111-3, amended the
Social Security Act to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C.1320b-9a). Section
1139A(b) charged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with
improving pediatric health care quality measures. The Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is soliciting the submission of
measures of children's healthcare quality for potential inclusion in
the CHIPRA 2013 Improved Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures (the
``Improved Core Set'') for potential voluntary use by Medicaid and the
Children's Health Insurance Program. In addition, CHIPRA established
the Pediatric Quality Measures Program to increase the portfolio of
measures available to public and private purchasers of children's
health care services, providers, and consumers. HHS anticipates that
measures ultimately included in the Improved Core Set will also be used
by public and private purchasers to measure pediatric healthcare
quality. AHRQ is interested in information about the importance,
scientific validity, and feasibility of the measures. If a measure is
selected for inclusion, more information, including a copyright release
(if applicable) and full measure specifications would be needed.
DATES: Please submit materials within 60 days of publication of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are encouraged, preferably as an
email with one or more electronic files in a standard word processing
format as an email attachment. Submissions may also be in the form of a
letter to: Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Child Health and
Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301-427-1868, Fax: 301-427-
1562, Email: denise.DOUGHERTY@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
It would be most helpful to the Agency if commenters would include
the following information in their response: measure characteristics:
measure name; measure description; denominator statement (if
applicable); numerator statement (if applicable); data sources and
exclusions; applicable proprietary rights (e.g., patent or data
rights); any confidentiality or trade secret protections; whether the
measure is part of a measure hierarchy (e.g., a collection of measures,
a measure set, a measure subset as defined at https://www.QUALITYMEASURES.AHRQ.gov/about/hierarchy.aspx); detailed measure
specifications; importance of the measure; settings, services, measure
domains, and populations addressed by the measure; evidence for focus
of the measure; scientific soundness of the measure; results of any
efforts to demonstrate the capacity of the measure to produce results
that stratify by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special health
care need, and/or rurality/urbanicity; feasibility of the measure
(e.g., availability of data in existing data systems); levels at which
the measure can be aggregated (e.g., State, health plan, provider);
understandability to consumers and providers; health information
technology readiness and sensitivity (e.g., whether the measure has
been tested in an electronic health record or other health information
technology); followup contact information.
AHRQ would also be interested in a summary rationale for why the
measure should be included in the 2013 Improved Core Set, taking into
account a balance among desirable attributes of the measure. For
example, you may be want to describe advantages that this measure has
over alternative measures that were considered by the measure developer
or advantages that this measure has over existing measures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior
Advisor, Child Health and Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301-
427-1868, Fax: 301-427-1562, Email: denise.DOUGHERTY@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 401(a) of the Children's Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111-
3, amended the Social Security Act to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C.
1320b-9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with improving pediatric health care quality measures.
Since CHIPRA was passed, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have been
working together to implement selected provisions of the legislation
related to children's health care quality (www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA). An
initial core measure set for voluntary use by Medicaid and Children's
Health Insurance Programs was posted December 29, 2009 (https://www.GPO.gov/fdsys/PKG/FR-2009-12-29/html/E9-30802.htm). In February
2010, CMS released a State Health Official letter which outlined the
initial core measures and how they should be reported to CMS.
Subsequently, AHRQ and CMS established the CHIPRA Pediatric Quality
Measures Program (PQMP) to enhance select pediatric quality measures
and develop new measures as needed (https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA). CHIPRA
stipulates that improved core measures be identified annually,
beginning January 1, 2013. Under the PQMP, measures are being developed
and improved by 7 AHRQ-CMS Centers of Excellence (https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/PQMPFACT.htm). In addition, this notice seeks public nominations
of measures for potential inclusion in Improved Core Sets.
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In order to assist AHRQ and CMS to assess the importance, validity,
and feasibility of submitted measures, a Subcommittee on Children's
Healthcare Quality Measures of the AHRQ National Advisory Council on
Healthcare Research and Quality (SNAC) has been established (https://www.ahrq.gov/chipra/panellist11.htm). The Subcommittee will consider
measures submitted through this public call, and measures submitted by
the 7 AHRQ-CMS Centers of Excellence.
CHIPRA asks that measures in the improved core sets be: evidence-
based; able to identify disparities by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
status, and special health care need; risk-adjusted as appropriate; and
designed to ensure that data are collected and reported in a standard
format that permits comparison of quality and data at a State, plan,
and provider level.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
AHRQ Director.
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