2023.11.01 EQRS Program Working Group Meeting

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Program Working Group Meeting Recording 11012023.mp4  

Introduce Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) (Jump to recording 18:51 - 42:37)

• SDOH UI Screens - Demo
• Discussing attestations where it assesses a facilities commitment to health equity based on their responses to the 5 questions
• Kathleen - There is text that said "if not applicable, leave blank". What was the rationale of not having an option that says "none of the above"? 
  • We will need Delia to answer this question
• Nathan - From a batch perspective, how is this going to be implemented?
  • The EDI confluence page has been updated with the XSD, sample file and data dictionary
    • On the confluence page its under the 2728 health equity
  • For each domain, you would have to indicate whether that option is true or false
  • There is not an option for "all of the above"; you have to choose true or false for each of the individual questions
• Adrienne Adkins - When is the attestation due?
  • Similar to clinical depression, you would have 1 year and 2 months to submit that data for the attestation period
  • It should align with the close of the December reporting period
• Nathan - Requested to review the verbiage
  • Per Jason (EOCT) there are some small text changes that Delia will be sharing with the ADOs
• This is available in prod preview now to submit test files and look at the UI
• The ADO will update the text/verbiage changes when Delia informs the ADO
• Nathan - How do you get to the Commitment to Health Equity Attestation screen?
  • At the top navigation go to Facilities > Attestations 
    • On the Facility Attestations screen click on Commitment to Health Equity
    • Attestations under the Facilities menu is new
• Nathan - Is it possible to get rid of the yellow banner that says "ICH CAHPS attestation period is open" and just have it listed in the Reminders list?
  • Yvette will ask CMS if they are ok with it and add this request to the backlog

DaVita - no additional questions or updates

FMC - 

• Several months ago, an email went out from EOCT about facility ownership in EQRS and how it needs to be cleaned up for QIP to ensure accuracy
• They have been trying to do this at the corporate level, but they hit a barrier with the networks asking for change of ownership letters
• For a lot of their clinics, there was no change of ownership because they bought not individual clinics but an entire organization, such as Liberty dialysis
• The regional office never issued a change of ownership therefore they don't have one to give to the networks
• The networks won't update the primary owner field
• Kathleen is asking if this can be discussed again and for a resolution for his issue
• The networks will not accept any other documentation except the change of ownership letter in order to change the Primary Owner field
• In a wholesale acquisition of a company, the regional office does not give out a change of ownership letter.  Instead, they get a change of information letter
• Porsche and Mitzi will follow up with the Networks

DCI - no additional questions or updates

RHA - not on today's call

US Renal - no additional questions or updates

Next meeting scheduled for: 06 Dec 2023