Special Open Door Forum: Templates and Clinical Data Elements (CDEs) For Respiratory Related Items

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Special Open Door Forum:

Templates and Clinical Data Elements (CDEs)

For Respiratory Related Items

Thursday, April 19, 2018

3:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time

Conference Call Only

PCG will host a Special Open Door Forum (SODF) to allow physicians, provider and supplier professional associations, and/or all other interested parties to provide feedback on the Respiratory related Clinical Templates and CDEs that are posted on the CMS.gov website. The printable clinical templates and suggested CDEs listed below describe the data elements that CMS believes would be useful in supporting the documentation requirements for coverage of certain Respiratory related items as follows:

                 Respiratory Assist Device (RAD):

                       1. Order,

                       2. Face-to-Face Encounter, and

                       3. Lab Test Results.

                 Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Device for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA):

                       1. Order, and

                       2. Face-to-Face Encounter.

                 Ventilator:

                       1. Order, and

                       2. Face-to-Face Encounter.

The Clinical Templates and CDEs are available on the CMS.gov website which can be accessed through the link below:

https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Electronic-Clinical-Templates/DMEPOS-Templates/DMEPOS-Templates.html.

Providers and IT vendors can choose whether or not to use the printable clinical templates and/or the suggested CDEs. The suggested CDEs aren't a form, but a tool that IT vendors can integrate into electronic health record (EHR) systems to create prompts to assist providers with their medical record documentation for Medicare purposes. The templates and CDEs are intended to be a helpful guide but every section may not apply to all patients’ services and/or Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS). Providers can choose the information or CDEs that do apply. Once completed by the physician or other practitioner, the resulting documentation would become part of the medical record.

Feedback and questions on our drafts can be sent to: clinicaltemplates@cms.hhs.gov. We look forward to your participation.

Special Open Door Participation Instructions:

Participant Dial-In Number: 1-(800)-837-1935

Conference ID: 9796898

For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.

A transcript and audio recording of this Special ODF will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/PodcastAndTranscripts.html  for downloading.

Thank you for your interest in CMS Open Door Forums.

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