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f you crunch the numbers by hand or by spreadsheet, you can
spend half your day gathering and collecting all the quality
reporting and benchmarking data you're required to submit to
oversight agencies. Some reporting is voluntary, some is
mandatory and all of it can be burdensome.
To ease the burden, many are turning to electronic charting, includ-
ing Dawn Ashby, RN, BSHA, CNOR, CASC, administrator of the North
Hills Surgery Center in Fayetteville, Ark. Her surgical information sys-
tem collects and crunches all the numbers for her, creating reports
she used to have to do manually.
"Since we transitioned to electronic medical records, it made report-
ing several quality measures a breeze. Technology (electronic medical
records) is definitely the way to go to ease the burden," says Ms.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
Easing the Quality Reporting Burden
Can technology help gather data for
CMS quality reporting and benchmarking?
ASC-1 Patient Burn CMS Patient Claim
Claims submitted for services
furnished between January 1, 2017
and December 31, 2017
ASC-2 PatientFall CMS Patient Claim
ASC-3
Wrong site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patinet,
Wrong Procedure, Wrong Implant
CMS Patient Claim
ASC-4 All-cause Hospital Transfer/Admission CMS Patient Claim
Outcome Claims-Based Measure
ASC-12
Facility -7 Day Risk-Standardized Hospital
Visit Rate after Outpatient Colonoscopy
CMS Patient Claim
Number
Measures Submitted via Web based
tool
Submit via: Enrollment Tracking Period
Submit data by
ASC-8
Influenza Vaccination Coverage among
Healthcare Personnel
CDC: NHSN (National
Healthcare Safety Network).
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/
ambulatory-surgery/
enroll.html
October 1, 2017-March 31, 2018 15-May-18
(Need a SAMS Card) Takes
up to 6 weeks
ASC-9
Endoscopy/Polyp Surveillance: Appropriate
Follow-up Interval for Normal Colonoscopy in
Avg Risk Patients
www.qualitynet.org www.qualitynet.org
January 1, 2017 and December 31,
2017
January 1, 2018-
May 15, 2018
ASC-10
Endoscopy/Polyp Surveillance: Colonoscopy
Interval for Patients with a History of
Adenomatous Polyps-Avoidance of
Inappropriate Use
www.qualitynet.org www.qualitynet.org
January 1, 2017 and December 31,
2017
January 1, 2018-
May 15, 2018
ASC-11
Cataracts: Improvement in Patients Visual
Function within 90 days Following Cataract
Surgery (Voluntary)
www.qualitynet.org www.qualitynet.org
January 1, 2017 and December 31,
2017
January 1, 2018-
May 15, 2018
Ambulatory Surgical Center Measure Reporting
Number Claims-Based Measures
Data Submission Dates