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EQRS News Flash: Medical Personnel & Addition of Facility Contacts

 

Medical Personnel Module and Addition of Facility Contacts Available in EQRS
November 7, 2024

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new Medical Personnel module and expanded the Facility Contacts section on the Facility page in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Reporting System (EQRS). A summary of key changes is provided below; more complete information is available online at https://mycrownweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-29-Monthly-EQRS-Stakeholder-Meeting_508.pdf.

Medical Personnel Module

The Medical Personnel module has replaced the previous Personnel module and will only include medical professionals with National Provider Identifiers (NPIs). Existing medical personnel with active NPIs will be verified and migrated to this new Medical Personnel module.

To ADD new medical personnel:

  1. Login to the Patient Registry in EQRS
  2. Click the Facilities tab
  3. Select Medical Personnel from the dropdown
  4. Click Add Medical Personnel
5) Enter the NPI of the physician, if known, in the Practitioner NPI field

6) Click Search
7) If the Physician is found, then the Physician’s name will appear on screen

8) Verify that this is the correct physician’s name

9) Click Add Personnel
10) You should now see the physician added for your facility

Facility Contacts
The expansion of the facility contacts section in the facility tab will allow for the entry of important contacts such as Primary Facility Contact, Disaster Contact and Backup Disaster Contact.

To ADD facility contacts:

  1. Login to EQRS
  2. Click the Facilities tab
  3. Click Search Facilities
  4. Enter your facility’s CMS Certification Number (CCN) or facility’s name
  5. Your facility should appear below the search field, click on it to open your facility
6) Scroll down to the Contact Information section and click View to edit

7) Click Add Contact

8) Enter all required contact information and select the correct position for that contact from the dropdown menu

9) Click Update
10) You will receive a message showing that the Facility Contacts section was updated successfully
Slides and a recording of the training on how to update the medical personnel module and add facility contacts were provided in the October EQRS Stakeholder Meeting that is available under the New User Training Resources at www.mycrownweb.org/education.
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.