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CPM

ESRD Clinical Performance Measures (CPM) Quality Improvement (QI) Committee

1999-2006

Introduction:
In 1999, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration, awarded a contract to the Clearinghouse of the Forum of ESRD Networks to establish and coordinate a Committee to provide input and guidance in the operation of CMS's ESRD Clinical Performance Measure (CPM) Project. This Committee replaced the prior ESRD Core Indicators Workgroup. This work of this Committee was completed June 30, 2006 and it was determined that the CPM QI Annual Report will now be produced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Purpose:
The purpose of the CPM QI Committee was to provide input and guidance to the ESRD Networks on technical and scientific issues related to the collection, use, analysis, and distribution of the ESRD CPMs for quality improvement purposes. This input also includes recommendations for any revisions to the measures, the data elements that are collected in order to calculate the measures, the instructions for collecting the data elements, the data collection tool format, and changes in the numerators and/or denominators used in the calculations of the measures.

Based on the input and guidance from the Committee, recommendations were made to CMS on the collection, use, analysis, and distribution of the ESRD CPMs. CMS made the final decision on what recommendations to accept and implement.

Membership:
Membership of the CPM QI Committee included representatives from at least the following stakeholders:

• The Forum of ESRD Networks
• Renal Physicians Association
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association
• American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
• National Renal Administrators Association
• American Association of Kidney Patients (or related patient organization)
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) or the USRDS
• ESRD Large Dialysis Organizations (LDOs)
• Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
• CMS Central and Regional Offices
• Others as approved by CMS

The CPM QI Committee was led by a Committee Chair and a representative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Chair was Jay B. Wish, MD; Dr. Wish also chaired the Executive Committee. The CMS representative was Diane L. Frankenfield, Dr. PH. Click here to view the CPM QI Committee Roster.

A Subcommittee of the CPM QI Committee oversees the development and publication of an Annual Report. Annual Reports from 1999-2007 are available on the CMS website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CPMProject/02_MeasuresandDataCollection.asp

For More Information on the CPM project, visit the CMS CPM site.
Links:
CMS: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
CMS CPM site: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CPMProject/02_MeasuresandDataCollection.asp
View the CPM Committee Roster.

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This material was prepared by IPRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for New York State, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.