Notice of Withdrawal of Development of Computed Tomography (CT) Image Quality and Safety Hospital Measures Funding Opportunity

Published date01 March 2021
Citation86 FR 12004
Record Number2021-04130
SectionNotices
CourtCenters For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 12004-12005]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-04130]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
                Notice of Withdrawal of Development of Computed Tomography (CT)
                Image Quality and Safety Hospital Measures Funding Opportunity
                AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
                Health and Human Services (HHS).
                ACTION: Withdrawal notice.
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                SUMMARY: This notice withdraws the ``Development of Computed Tomography
                (CT) Image Quality and Safety Hospital Measures'' notice that published
                in the Federal Register on January 5, 2021. That notice announced a
                funding opportunity to seek an application for a single source,
                cooperative agreement, to develop a radiology electronic clinical
                quality measure(s) (eCQM) for the following CMS hospital programs:
                Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (IQR); Hospital Outpatient
                Quality Reporting Program (OQR); and Promoting Interoperability Program
                for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals--formerly
                Meaningful Use (PI). CMS will no longer provide support through a
                cooperative agreement in its planning, technical assistance, and
                reporting needs related to submission of a fully developed and tested
                radiology measures to the 2021 Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List
                in May 2021.
                DATES: The notice published at 86 FR 306 on January 5, 2021, is
                withdrawn as of February 25, 2021.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                 Janis Grady, (410) 786-7217, for programmatic questions or
                concerns.
                 Monica Anderson, (410) 786-2988, for administrative and compliance
                concerns.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                I. Background
                 CMS has determined that current delays will not allow adequate time
                for the measures to be developed to meet internal deadlines, as such
                the determination is made to withdraw the January 5, 2021 Federal
                Register notice.
                 CMS will no longer provide support through a single source
                cooperative agreement in its planning, technical assistance, and
                reporting needs related to submission of a fully developed and tested
                radiology measures to the 2021 Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List
                in May 2021.
                II. Provisions of the Notice
                 This notice withdraws the solicitation notice that we published in
                the Federal Register on January 5, 2021. For this Notice of Funding
                Opportunity, CMS will no longer accept an application for development
                of radiology electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) that fill an
                existing gap or need and are high impact.
                III. Collection of Information Requirements
                 This document does not impose information collection requirements,
                that is, reporting, recordkeeping or third-party disclosure
                requirements. Consequently, there is no need for review by the Office
                of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction
                Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
                 The Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
                Services (CMS), Elizabeth Richter, having reviewed and approved this
                document, authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the Federal Register
                Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of
                publication in the Federal Register.
                 Authority: Programmatic Authority of the Social Security Act,
                Titles XI, XVIII, XIX, XXI.
                [[Page 12005]]
                 Dated: February 24, 2021.
                Lynette Wilson,
                Federal Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
                [FR Doc. 2021-04130 Filed 2-25-21; 8:45 am]
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