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ESRD Clinical Performance Measures (CPM) Quality Improvement (QI) Committee
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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 replaces the prior ESRD Core Indicators Workgroup. CMS's ntract with the Clearinghouse provides funding for administrative support of the Committee and its subcommittees.

Purpose:
The purpose of the CPM QI Committee is 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, the Forum shall make recommendations to CMS on the collection, use, analysis and distribution of the ESRD CPMs. CMS shall make the final decision on what recommendations to accept and implement.

Membership:
Membership of the CPM QI Committee shall include 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 is led by a Committee Chair and a representative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The current Chair is Jay B. Wish, MD; Dr. Wish also chairs the Executive Committee. The current CMS representative is 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 1999-2003 are available on the CMS website at:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/esrd/1.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/esrd/1.asp
View the CPM Committee Roster.