CMS-10209_High_Level_Comment_Summary

High Level Summary

Revision

Purpose of the Revision

Renamed "Patient Self Management
Education" section to "Education" and
added two tables into this section
named "Patient & Caregiver Self
Management" and "Provider Education".
Additionally, added examples into the
instructions, "e.g. diabetes, COPD"

Source

All

All

60-Day

I = Increases burden

All

All

60-Day

N - No Change

All

All

60-Day

N- No Change

QIP/CCIP
Tools
Section
General

Industry comments indicated
that CMS should increase the
CMS is revising the burden of hours to number of hours to
15 hours the QIP tool and 15 hours for accommodate for the narrative
the CCIP tool, adding an additional 10 portions of the CCIP and QIP
burden hours to each reporting tool.
tools.
Both
Changed in response to
CMS has changed the initial submission industry requests for more time
deadline from February 2012 to March to incorporate new CMS
2012
requirements
Both
CMS has revised the tool to ensure that
every element has an identifying
Renumbered to create a more
number.
consistent structure.
Both

Renamed "Practice Model" section to
"Care Coordination Approach"
Moved Patient Self Management
Section from the "Plan" Section to the
"Do" section

Subsection

Level of Burden
I = Increases burden
D – Decreases burden
N – No Change

CCIP Tool
Renamed to clarify the intent of
what should be captured in this
section
CCIP
Plan
Realigned to coincide with
actual industry process.

CCIP

Renamed and expanded
instructions to clarify the intent
of what should be captured in
this section and provided two
tables to differentiate between
the activities expected to be
included in this section
CCIP

Plan

Practice Model Dr. Killmer
Patient Self
Management
Education
60-Day

Plan

Patient Self
Management
Education

QIP/CCIP Tools - PRA Comments
October 7, 2011

Dr. Killmer

N- No Change

N- No Change

N- No Change

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High Level Summary

Revision

Deleted "Budget and Resources"
Section

Subsection

Source

Level of Burden
I = Increases burden
D – Decreases burden
N – No Change

Budget and
Resources

60-Day

D - Decreases burden

Plan

Basis for
Selection

60-Day

N- No Change

Plan

Budget and
Resources

60-Day

D - Decreases burden

Plan

Risk
Assessment

60-Day

N- No Change

Plan

CMS Regional
Office
Approval
60-Day

N- No Change

QIP/CCIP
Purpose of the Revision
Tools
Section
General
Removed section based on
comments that it was
excessively burdensome to
breakdown budget activities in
this way and because it was
not needed for overall scoring CCIP
Plan
QIP Tool

Added "Other" field under the heading
"Impact on Member" in the Basis of
Selection Section

Deleted "Budget and Resources"
Section

To allow plan's more flexibility
in categorizing results of
activities.

QIP

Removed section based on
comments that it was
excessively burdensome to
breakdown budget activities in
this way and because it was
not needed for overall scoring QIP
Renamed to clarify the intent of
what should be captured in this
section
QIP

Renamed "Risk Mitigation" section to
"Mitigation Plan for Risk Assessment"
Added the following language to the
CMS Regional Office Approval Section:
"The above information will remain in
To ensure consistency in the
the system for reporting in subsequent RO Approval Process between
years"
QIP and CCIP tools
QIP
To explain that not all plans will
Added language "(skip if not
have data for the
applicable)" to the Numerator and
numerator/denominator
Denominator columns in the Results
columns. The addditional
Table. Additionally, added a new
column is for plan's to enter
column entitled, "Other Data or Results" other types of data not
to the Results Table
captured in the table.
QIP
Moved "Root Cause Analysis
Description" before "Next Steps" in the Realigned to coincide with
Act Portion.
actual industry process.
QIP

Study

Act

QIP/CCIP Tools - PRA Comments
October 7, 2011

Results
Root Cause
Analysis
Description

Dr. Killmer

N- No Change

60-Day

N- No Change

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