Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Outcome and Process Measure Development and Maintenance

Public Comment Summary Report Project Title Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Outcome and Process Measure Development and Maintenance Dates The Call for Public Comment was open from August 25, 2016, to September ...

Public Comment Summary Report Project Title Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Outcome and Process Measure Development and Maintenance Dates The Call for Public Comment was open from August 25, 2016, to September 15, 2016. The Public Comment Summary was completed on September 28, 2016. Project Overview The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG), to develop, maintain, reevaluate, and support the implementation of quality outcome and process measures for the CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program under the Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) Contract (Contract #: HHSM-500-2013-13007I), and Task Order Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Outcome and Process Measure Development and Maintenance (Task Order #: HHSM-500- T0004). Project Objectives The primary project objectives are to develop new measures that drive quality improvement, are patient centered, are aligned with other programs, and that fill critical gaps for future inclusion in the CMS IPFQR Program; to maintain and reevaluate existing IPF measures; and to support measure implementation in the IPFQR Program. To provide an important indicator of the quality of care patients receive in the IPF setting, HSAG developed a measure that estimates the rate of Continuation of Medications within 30 Days of Inpatient Psychiatric Discharge for patients with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. To obtain input from stakeholder organizations and interested parties, public comments were solicited for this proposed quality measure, Continuation of Medications within 30 Days of Inpatient Psychiatric Discharge. Information about the Comments Received The announcement for the Call for Public Comment was posted on the CMS Public Comment webpage. The Draft Measure Information Form and Draft Measure Justification Form were available to the commenters to review. Public comments were solicited by notifying 28 organizations/groups about the opening of the public comment via e-mail. (Please see Appendix A for the list of stakeholder organizations.) In addition, HSAG notified 22 individuals (i.e., experts, technical expert panel members, and measure workgroup members) regarding the Call for Public Comment announcement and