Corrected IRF Provider Preview Reports- Now Available

Corrected IRF Provider Preview Reports- Now Available

An issue was identified with the data display of the Discharge to Community (DTC) [CMS ID I019.02] Medicare claims-based measure on the IRF Provider Preview Reports that were added to each Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility’s (IRF’s) IRF Provider Preview Reports folder in iQIES on 06/16/2020.  Specifically, the data for the Lower and Upper Limit Confidence Interval Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate are erroneous.  The report should display the Lower Limit risk-standardized rate first, followed by the Upper Limit risk-standardized rate.  The display in the recently distributed report shows the Upper Limit risk-standardized values first, followed by the Lower Limit values.  Here is an example of the erroneous display: 57.64% (53.73%, 61.39%).

New IRF Provider Preview Reports that correctly displays the Lower Limit Confidence Interval Risk-Standardized value, followed by the Upper Limit Confidence Interval Risk-Standardized values were made available in the IRF Provider Preview Reports folder in iQIES on Friday June 19, 2020 and at the same time, the older version of the reports were removed from the folder.

If you have questions regarding this information, please contact the QIES Technical Support Office help desk by phone at (800) 339-9313 or by email at iQIES@cms.hhs.gov.

The data contained within the Preview Reports is based on quality data submitted by IRFs between Quarter 1 – 2019 and Quarter 4 – 2019 and reflects what will be published on IRF Compare during the September 2020 refresh of the website. Providers have until July 21, 2020 to review their performance data. Corrections to the underlying data will not be permitted during this time; however, providers can request CMS review of their data during the preview period if they believe the quality measure scores that are displayed within their Preview Reports are inaccurate. 

Beginning with the September 2020 refresh, CMS will publicly display on the IRF Compare website six new measures.

For more information:

IRF Quality Public Reporting webpage, IRF Compare