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HARP Training Materials

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ESRD QIP Data Submission Deadlines

EQRS Calendar Year: 2024
NHSN Calendar Year: 2023
2024

ESRD QIP UI Quick Start Guide

PY 2023 ESRD QIP User Interface Quick Start Guide

To view the new Quick Start Guide in PDF format, click here.

EQRS Data Management Guidelines

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Updated Form CMS-2728 & Form CMS-2746 Materials

Training from 9/17/2024
Guides and Other Resources

Learn About EQRS

MyCROWNWeb.org provides a number of tools to help the ESRD community become better users of the EQRS system. Please visit the pages and quick links on the website for more information on the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Reporting System (EQRS). Please check out the Latest Official News from CMS and Event Announcements for more latest news.

Information

MyCROWNWeb.org features extensive information on EQRS. Events provides recorded presentations from recent Webinars, describing the evolution of EQRS; News provides the latest news from CMS on ESRD and EQRS, and provides links to quarterly newsletters prepared by EOCT.

Webinar Events

Catch-up on past Webinar Events – listen to webcasts and download past handouts.

Latest Official News from CMS

Additional Influenza Vaccination Options and Updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 Now Available in EQRS on October 1, 2024

Oct1

Additional Influenza Vaccination Options and Updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746

Now Available in EQRS on October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

Today, October 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the options users may select for influenza vaccinations in the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Reporting System (EQRS). Under Vaccination Name in the Add Vaccination Data screen the vaccinations listed in Table 1 are the updates that were added to the existing list of influenza vaccines. As a reminder, the current influenza vaccination reporting period in EQRS begins August 1, 2024, and ends April 30, 2025.

Table 1. New Influenza Vaccination Codes

Additionally, earlier today, the updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 were released in the EQRS Patient Registry application. All form submissions can resume in EQRS.

Training slides and recordings describing the Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 updates can be found here: September EQRS Stakeholder Meeting | My CROWN Web

CMS-2728 Reminders

The new form generates whenever an Initial, Re-entitlement, or Supplemental Form CMS-2728 is added.
Updated form can be found here: End Stage Renal Disease Evidence Report (cms.gov)
The updated form captures additional patient details in sections A, B, C, and F and will also contain an updated International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 List of Primary Causes of Renal Disease.
Reference guide can be found here: Reference Guide: Form CMS-2728 Updates (Version 2023) (mycrownweb.org)
FAQs can be found here: Form CMS-2728 Updates (Version 2023): Frequently Asked Questions (mycrownweb.org)

CMS-2746 Reminders

Updated form can be found here: ESRD Death Notification (cms.gov)
Reference guide can be found here: Reference Guide Version 2023_Form CMS-2746 Updates_508 (mycrownweb.org)
Resources are available on the Education page on www.MyCROWNWeb.org.

For assistance with EQRS technical issues, please contact the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) Service Center. The CCSQ Service Center is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time and can be reached via phone at 866-288-8912, email at qnetsupport-esrd@cms.hhs.gov, or online at the CCSQ Support Center.

For assistance with general EQRS and ESRD QIP questions, please contact the ESRD QIP Team via the QualityNet Q&A Tool. 

Additional Influenza Vaccination Options and Updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 Available in EQRS on October 1, 2024

Sep27

Additional Influenza Vaccination Options and Updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 Available in EQRS on October 1, 2024

September 27, 2024

On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating the options users may select for influenza vaccinations in EQRS. Under Vaccination Name in the Add Vaccination Data screen the vaccinations listed in Table 1 will be added to the existing list of influenza vaccines. As a reminder, the current influenza vaccination reporting period in EQRS begins August 1, 2024, and ends April 30, 2025.

Table 1. New Influenza Vaccination Codes

Additionally, this is a reminder that on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the updated Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 will be released in the EQRS Patient Registry application. To assist with this release, CMS requests that all users refrain from submitting these forms between 9:00am-10:00am Eastern Standard Time on October 1, 2024. A notification will be sent to all users when form submissions can resume in EQRS.

Training slides and recordings describing the Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 updates can be found here: September EQRS Stakeholder Meeting | My CROWN Web

CMS-2728 Reminders

The new form will generate whenever an Initial, Re-entitlement, or Supplemental Form CMS-2728 is added.
Updated form can be found here: End Stage Renal Disease Evidence Report (cms.gov)
The updated Form will capture additional patient details in sections A, B, C, and F and will also contain an updated International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 List of Primary Causes of Renal Disease.
Reference guide can be found here: Reference Guide: Form CMS-2728 Updates (Version 2023) (mycrownweb.org)
FAQs can be found here: Form CMS-2728 Updates (Version 2023): Frequently Asked Questions (mycrownweb.org)

CMS-2746 Reminders

Updated form can be found here: ESRD Death Notification (cms.gov)
Reference guide can be found here: Reference Guide Version 2023_Form CMS-2746 Updates_508 (mycrownweb.org)
Resources are available on the Education page on www.MyCROWNWeb.org.

For assistance with general EQRS and ESRD QIP questions, please contact the ESRD QIP Team via the QualityNet Q&A Tool. 

Form (2728, 2746) Modification Process Update

Sep25

The Form CMS-2728 and Form CMS-2746 are documents that are created for a point in time. The document is submitted with information that was current at the time the patient initiated dialysis (Form CMS-2728) or at the time of the patient’s death (Form CMS-2746). 

Requests to modify a submitted Form CMS-2728 or Form CMS-2746 will only be processed under the following circumstances:

The modification request is made within 60 days of submitting the form in EQRS.
If the request is made after 60 days of submitting the form in EQRS, the only fields that will be modified are those that affect the patient’s ESRD Medicare coverage and is up to the discretion of the local ESRD Network.
Only the facility who originally submitted the Form CMS-2728 or Form CMS-2746 in EQRS can request a form change.

NOTE:

You should contact your ESRD Network to request CMS Form modifications. Modifications are made at the discretion and approval of each individual ESRD Network. Please note that changes made to submitted forms that are changed after the form due date will be considered late and will affect the facility’s forms compliance rates.

Additional documentation may be required before the change is approved.