Why has CMS decided to discontinue use of the QNet’s ICD Abstraction Tool?
When CMS announced the ICD data-reporting requirement in January 2005—via the National Coverage Determination process—hospitals were instructed to begin submitting data to the QNet’s ICD Abstraction Tool. This tool allowed CMS to begin obtaining ICD data as soon as possible by using the existing contract with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care. From its inception, this data collection plan was deemed temporary until CMS could research ICD utilization characteristics further and ultimately re-define its data collection requirements. After obtaining feedback from cardiology specialty societies, product manufacturers, health plans, and clinical experts, CMS determined that the QNet ICD Abstraction Tool did not answer several key questions about whether ICD use was the most appropriate treatment for particular members of the Medicare population. Conversely, NCDR™’s ICD Registry™ provides more valuable information for us to monitor ICD utilization, thus ensuring that this technology is pa
Related Questions
- A number of hospitals have not been submitting data to the QNet’s ICD Data Abstraction Tool regularly. Will these non-compliant hospitals be required to submit retroactive data?
- When using Report Conversion Tool in stand alone mode, will I get to use all the features of the tool that I see when am connected to CMS?
- Why has CMS decided to discontinue use of the QNet’s ICD Abstraction Tool?
