New EQRS Feature: Transplant Dashboard for Dialysis Facilities

May 18, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a transplant dashboard feature for dialysis facilities in the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Reporting System (EQRS) on May 17, 2023. Beginning on this date, dialysis facilities can access the transplant dashboard (Figure 1) by clicking on the Dialysis Facility Transplant Waitlist link at the bottom of the Dashboard screen in EQRS. (more…)

March Town Hall Q&As: Now Available

April 27, 2023

The Questions and Answers (Q&As) from the March 23, 2023, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Outreach, Communication, and Training (EOCT) Town Hall event are now available on the Events page on MyCROWNWeb.org. This Q&A resource contains answers to the questions that were submitted during the March Town Hall event. (more…)

Updated Dialysis Facility Care Compare on Medicare.gov Data Now Available

April 26, 2023

Updated Dialysis Facility Care Compare on Medicare.gov (DFCC) Data Now Available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that new data about dialysis facilities are available on Dialysis Facility Care Compare on Medicare.gov—the website where patients and health centers can view and compare quality data about dialysis facilities. CMS uses these data, organized into a series of measures, to create a star rating system that helps ensure safety, quality, and transparency for dialysis facilities and that helps patients make educated decisions about where to get their dialysis treatments. (more…)

June 2023 Town Hall Event

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Outreach, Communication, and Training (EOCT) Team invites you to attend the June 2023 Town Hall event. This event will feature information about ESRD data reporting deadlines, EOCT announcements, new ESRD Quality Reporting System (EQRS) features including the Peritonitis Infections Module and Transplant Dashboard for dialysis facilities, updates to the Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR), Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR), and Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR) measures and frequently asked questions.
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June New User Training Registration is Open

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Outreach, Communication, and Training (EOCT) Team would like to announce the registration for the June ESRD Quality Reporting System (EQRS) New User Training event, scheduled for Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET is now open. Information is available via the Training Calendar. (more…)

RESCHEDULED: May New User Training Registration is Open

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Outreach, Communication, and Training (EOCT) Team would like to announce the registration for the May ESRD Quality Reporting System (EQRS) New User Training event, rescheduled for Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET is now open. Information is available via the Training Calendar. (more…)