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ESRD QIP PY 2023 Preview Period Starts in One Week

November 7, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (ESRD QIP) reminds you that the payment year (PY) 2023 ESRD QIP Preview Period is currently scheduled to open on November 14, 2022, and end on December 14, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time (PT). 

When the Preview Period Opens: 

To view your facility or organization’s ESRD QIP scores, reports, and/or inquiries as a Facility or Corporate Point of Contact (POC) or Viewer, you should:

  • Complete the Healthcare Quality Information System (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) account registration process (if needed) at https://harp.cms.gov/login/login.
  • Log in to the ESRD Quality Reporting System (EQRS) with your HARP account at https://eqrs.cms.gov/globalapp/.
  • Review the applications listed on the My Access screen in EQRS for “QIP.”
  • Request and/or verify that the ESRD QIP role is active in EQRS. You can access training materials for these steps at http://mycrownweb.org/harp-training/.

CMS strongly recommends EQRS users log into EQRS NO LATER THAN November 9, 2022, to verify that their EQRS role is active. This will ensure necessary access during the ESRD QIP preview period. To login and verify your EQRS role, visit https://eqrs.cms.gov/globalapp/.

During the PY 2023 ESRD QIP Preview Period: 

CMS recommends that every organization take the following steps:

  • Facility or Corporate POCs and Viewers should access and review the facility’s Preview Performance Score Report (PSR), which is available through the ESRD QIP User Interface (UI) in EQRS.
  • Facility and Corporate POCs should submit inquiries about the facility’s PY 2023 scores before the preview period concludes.

CMS will evaluate all inquiries and make any necessary adjustments to facility PSRs. Facilities will continue to receive responses to their inquiries via the ESRD QIP UI in EQRS after the close of the preview period.

To learn more about the ESRD QIP and the PY 2023 preview period, visit the ESRD QIP section of QualityNet.org. More information on using EQRS (including user role requests, downloading Preview PSRs, and submitting inquiries) will be covered in the November 17, 2022, Town Hall event. For further assistance regarding the information contained in this message, please contact the ESRD QIP Support Team using the QualityNet Question & Answer Tool.