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Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Testing Opportunities

Foot Assessment and Follow-Up for Patients with Diabetes

Dates:

We are looking to begin testing immediately and estimate that the testing activities would take 2-3 months to complete once relevant agreements are in place.

Project Overview:

As part of its measure development process, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) requests interested parties to volunteer to test the concept eCQM. The measure under development is the percentage of patients 18 years and older with diabetes who receive all of the following: a lower extremity neurological examination, a vascular examination, a visual inspection and foot care education, and have a documented follow-up plan of care if the results are abnormal during the measurement period. We are seeking sites that provide ambulatory care in office-based or other outpatient clinical settings for this testing work. 

Type of Feedback Requested:

We anticipate that testing sites would need to:

• Complete a short feasibility survey about the measure’s specifications, clinical terminology, workflow, and data collection.
• Join a virtual EHR walkthrough to review how required data elements are documented and assess their feasibility.
• Collect and submit relevant EHR data for AIR to analyze measure results.
• Participate in manual abstraction sessions to validate electronic data against manual chart review for a sample of cases.

Sponsoring Organization’s Primary Contact and Information:

Please contact John Schurrer (jschurrer@air.org) for more information

Are you interested in testing eCQMs?

The eCQM Testing Opportunity module provides interested parties with available opportunities to participate in eCQM testing. Measure developers use testing for a variety of reasons throughout the Measure Lifecycle. They need pilot sites to

• assess eCQM feasibility
• determine the extent to which the required data elements are available and retrievable in the electronic health record/health information technology
• determine the extent to which measured entities can implement without undue burden for performance measurement
• assess eCQM reliability
• assess eCQM validity
• reassess after updating specifications
• assess eCQM usefulness

There are several potential benefits:

• Test site staff will gain insight into quality measurement that could help your organization refine its internal efforts to improve quality.
• Test site staff will help provide insight for a measure that CMS may use in its quality reporting programs.
• Test sites may receive an incentive.

Currently, there are no testing opportunities available. Please check back at a later time for updates.

Are you a measure developer looking to announce eCQM testing opportunities?

Complete the testing announcement template and send to ecqi-resource-center@hhs.gov.

See the MC Workspace User Guide to learn more about how to use the MC Workspace eCQM Testing Opportunities Module.