Provider Resources

CMS MRSA Initiative letter (pdf)

August 26, 2008
NPR Interview with Dr. Don Berwick

Mortality Measures and their use in Hospital Compare

September 9, 2008

GHA/GMCF Hospital TELNET Call

Topic: TIC0909: CMS: 9th SOW

Host: Rochelle Rodocker

Time:  11:30 a.m., ET

Session Number: 686 139 830

Session Password: TN0909

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Audio: Dial 770-980-9900, 10-15 minutes early.

Materials:

CMS Hospitals Lists and Measures (pdf)

Agreements (pdf)

QIO 9th SOW (ppt)

Earlier WebEx/Teleconference Material

           May 28, 2008 Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting WebEx

           Bernadette Popovich, RN, BS, MPA (ppt)

           April 29, 2008 Data Abstraction WebEx

• Second Quarter 2008 Questions and Answers - April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 discharges (pdf)
• Data Abstraction Update - April 1, 2008 Discharges and Forward (ppt)
• Invalid Record Selection/Incorrect Date(s) of Service Details (pdf)
• Fact Sheet: Summary of SCIP Measure Changes for 4/1/08+ Discharges (pdf)
• Fact Sheet: Summary of AMI and HF Measure Changes for 4/1/08+ Discharges (pdf)
• Fact Sheet: Summary of Pneumonia Measure Changes for 4/1/08+ Discharges (pdf)

• Select PN Measure Changes – 10/1/07+ Discharges (doc)
• Point of Origin for Admission or Visit (pdf)
• Q&A's - Effective with 10/01/2007-03/31/2008 discharges
• Summary of SCIP Measure Changes - 10/1/07 Discharges Forward (doc)
• Summary of AMI and HF Measure Changes – 10/1/07+ Discharges (doc)
• Accessing and Utilizing QualityNet Exchange Reports (ppt) 
• Data Abstraction and Validation - AMI & HF (ppt)       
• Data Abstraction and Validation - PN (ppt)                 
• Data Abstraction and Validation - SCIP (ppt)