Ad Hoc Review: Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry that includes Endorsed Measures
Final Activity: The Board maintained endorsement of this measure. Press Release
Overview
An ad hoc review may be conducted on a standard at any time with adequate justification. The requestor is required to provide evidence supporting the measure focus has changed; that implementation of the measure may result in unintended consequences; or that there has been a material change to the measure.
NQF conducted an ad hoc review for the endorsed measure, Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry that includes Endorsed Measures (Endorsed measure: #0493).
About this Review
Reason for Request
NQF has received a request for a review of Measure #0493, Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in Systematic Clinical Database Registry that includes Consensus Endorsed Quality Measures. Currently, this measure only applies to physicians or other clinicians. The requestor has asked for an expansion of this measure to include participation in a hospital-level registry.
Requestor's Submission: Details provided by requestor of the adhoc review (PDF)
Justification for Ad Hoc Review
Criterion 3: Material changes have been made to a currently endorsed measure.
Requestor of Ad Hoc Review
Center of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Associated NQF Project
National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Health Information Technology: Structural Measures 2008
Project Overview | View Report
Process
Requests for ad hoc reviews will be considered by NQF on a case-by-case basis and must be justified by specific criteria.
Learn more about the NQF ad hoc review process.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact Heidi Bossley, MSN, MBA at 202-783-1300 or via e-mail at performancemeasures@qualityforum.org.
NQF conducted ad hoc reviews for three endorsed measures. The measure, Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry that includes Endorsed Measures (Endorsed measure: #0493), was under review through September 23, 2010.
Technical experts reviewed the evidence and any additional information provided by the ad hoc review requestor and measure steward. The technical experts will provide input to the Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) after the public and member comment period.
At its meeting July 14- 15, the CSAC voted to continue endorsement of measure #0493 - Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry. The decision will be sent to the Board of Directors for ratification.
The NQF Board chose to maintain the endorsement of Participation by a Physician or Other Clinician in a Systematic Clinical Database Registry that includes Endorsed Measures (Endorsed measure: #0493).
Announcement of Board Endorsement
The public had 30 days to appeal the final decision to endorse a voluntary consensus standard. The appeals period closed on October 26, 2010. No appeals were filed during this time.
