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Agency for Healthcare Research and
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Request for Comments on Pediatric
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Section 401(a) of the
Children’s Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA),
Public Law 111–3, amended the Social
Security Act (the Act) to enact section
1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a). Section
1139A(b) charged the Department of
Health and Human Services with
improving pediatric health care quality
measures. This effort includes
development of several new pediatric
quality measures, including a pediatric
readmission measure. The Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) is requesting comments from
the public on an algorithm for
identifying pediatric planned
procedures as part of the readmission
measure. The purpose of the algorithm
is to identify, using International
Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–
CM) procedure codes, pediatric
procedures that are usually planned so
that admissions for these procedures
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can be excluded from calculations of
readmission rates.
To identify planned procedures,
expert pediatric clinicians in 14
different procedure-oriented specialties
reviewed procedures typically
performed by their specialty. The
reviewers indicated which procedures
(1) are usually planned (defined as
planned in more than 80% of cases) and
(2) could require hospitalization.
Admissions for which the primary
procedure coded was one of these
procedures are excluded from the count
of readmissions.
The list of ICD–9–CM codes and code
descriptions for the planned procedures
is available at: https://www.ahrq.gov/
policymakers/chipra/
pedprocedurecodes.html.
DATES: Please submit comments October
21, 2013. AHRQ will not respond to
individual comments, but will consider
all comments.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are
encouraged, preferably as an email with
an electronic file in a standard word
processing format as an email
attachment. Submissions may also be in
the form of a letter to: Maushami (Mia)
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DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D., MHA, Office of
Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: (301) 427–1546, Fax: (301) 427–
1238, Email: Maushami.Desoto@
AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Submission Guidelines: When
submitting comments, please include, to
the extent available:
—Detailed responses and suggestions;
and
—Rationale and evidence for any
recommended changes to the
algorithm, including citations of
published evidence, if available.
For all submissions, please also
include:
A brief cover letter summarizing the
information requested above for
submitted comments;
Complete information about the
person submitting the comments,
including:
(a) Name; and
(b) Email address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maushami (Mia) DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D.,
MHA
Dated: September 12, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
Section
401(a) of the Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111–3,
amended the Social Security Act (the
Act) to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C.
1320b–9a). Since the law 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. Section 1139A(b) of the Act
charged the Department of Health and
Human Services with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
To implement the law, AHRQ and CMS
have established the CHIPRA Pediatric
Quality Measures Program (PQMP),
which is designed to enhance select
pediatric quality measures and develop
new measures as needed.
The information sought in this Notice
is being collected pursuant to the needs
of the Children’s Hospital Boston Center
of Excellence for Pediatric Quality
Measurement (CEPQM). It is one of the
seven CHIPRA Pediatric Quality
Measures Program (PQMP) Centers of
Excellence and has been assigned the
task of developing a pediatric
readmission measure.
Proposed Project
‘‘So What? Telling a Compelling
Story’’ Template—New—Office of
Public Health Preparedness and
Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background: Stories are difficult to
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in the rest of this notice, versus full
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the remainder of this notice. With this
tool, developers intend to dramatically
reduce the burden on respondents and
employees who may otherwise engage
in complete story development with
each new event. In this manner, staff
may tease out pertinent and timely leads
for potential development at a later date
based on the needs of leadership.
Development of a complete story from
this template will occur with a small
percentage of the leads. The text
specifically requested is the source’s
name, telephone number, email address,
organization, job title, the topic of the
compelling story, a headline, and up to
three key bullet points. The intent of
this template is to guide the
development of bullets and headlines
describing successes, impacts, and other
funding-related activities.
The goals of these leads are shaped by
four topics:
1. Showcasing the nature of the
preparedness and response challenge:
Something observed at ground level that
clearly illustrates why preparedness and
response work is necessary.
2. Illustrating the public health
contribution: Examples that prove
public health preparedness and
response not only makes a difference,
but also describe the unique approach
public health brings to emergency
response.
3. Supporting the evidence-base:
Examples that compliment qualitative
research on evidence based
interventions.
4. Demonstrating return on
investment: Leads describing awareness
of how funds are used and
demonstrating fiscal responsibility and
transparency.
OPHPR representatives intend to
collect story leads from a variety of
sources including CDC Field Staff, state
health officers, local health department
directors, preparedness planners, nonpublic health preparedness and
response partners, the public and
volunteer group members.
The developers plan to leverage
existing communications channels if the
leads are used or developed into more
lengthy stories. Just as stories are used
currently, leads from this template will
be potentially used in congressional
inquiries, leadership presentations,
annual reports, and CDC OPHPR Web
sites.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden hours are 95.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Request for Comments on Pediatric Planned Procedure Algorithm
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments on pediatric planned procedure
algorithm from the members of the public.
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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 (the Act) to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the Department of Health and Human
Services with improving pediatric health care quality measures. This
effort includes development of several new pediatric quality measures,
including a pediatric readmission measure. The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) is requesting comments from the public on
an algorithm for identifying pediatric planned procedures as part of
the readmission measure. The purpose of the algorithm is to identify,
using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) procedure codes, pediatric procedures
that are usually planned so that admissions for these procedures can be
excluded from calculations of readmission rates.
To identify planned procedures, expert pediatric clinicians in 14
different procedure-oriented specialties reviewed procedures typically
performed by their specialty. The reviewers indicated which procedures
(1) are usually planned (defined as planned in more than 80% of cases)
and (2) could require hospitalization. Admissions for which the primary
procedure coded was one of these procedures are excluded from the count
of readmissions.
The list of ICD-9-CM codes and code descriptions for the planned
procedures is available at: https://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/pedprocedurecodes.html.
DATES: Please submit comments October 21, 2013. AHRQ will not respond
to individual comments, but will consider all comments.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are encouraged, preferably as an
email with an electronic file in a standard word processing format as
an email attachment. Submissions may also be in the form of a letter
to: Maushami (Mia)
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DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D., MHA, Office of Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: (301) 427-1546, Fax: (301)
427-1238, Email: Maushami.Desoto@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Submission Guidelines: When submitting comments, please include, to
the extent available:
--Detailed responses and suggestions; and
--Rationale and evidence for any recommended changes to the algorithm,
including citations of published evidence, if available.
For all submissions, please also include:
A brief cover letter summarizing the information requested above
for submitted comments;
Complete information about the person submitting the comments,
including:
(a) Name; and
(b) Email address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maushami (Mia) DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D., MHA
SUPPLEMENTARY 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 (the Act) to enact section 1139A (42
U.S.C. 1320b-9a). Since the law 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. Section 1139A(b) of the Act charged the Department of Health
and Human Services with improving pediatric health care quality
measures. To implement the law, AHRQ and CMS have established the
CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP), which is designed to
enhance select pediatric quality measures and develop new measures as
needed.
The information sought in this Notice is being collected pursuant
to the needs of the Children's Hospital Boston Center of Excellence for
Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM). It is one of the seven CHIPRA
Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) Centers of Excellence and has
been assigned the task of developing a pediatric readmission measure.
Dated: September 12, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
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