The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks public comments on the following two cardiac outcomes measures, which are designed for potential use in public reporting and pay for reporting of hospital quality:
- Complications following implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. This measure uses data from the ACC National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (NCDR) ICD Registry for risk adjustment and Medicare Part A inpatient and outpatient administrative claims data to assess complications.
- Readmission following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This measure uses data from the ACC National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (NCDR) CathPCI Registry for risk adjustment and Medicare Part A inpatient and outpatient administrative claims data to assess readmissions.
All comments are welcome, but CMS is particularly interested in comments on outcome definitions and time period of assessment, risk adjustment strategy, and Technical Expert Panel feedback.
Comments may be submitted online and must be received by August 25, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
