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New Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard Available in EQRS

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New Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard Available in EQRS

September 8, 2025

On August 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Reporting System (EQRS). The dashboard will ease the process of viewing CMS forms in either saved or submitted statuses in EQRS. It will be available to all end users including CMS staff, corporate dialysis organization staff, ESRD Network staff, and dialysis facility staff.

This EQRS News Flash provides all users with instructions on how to access and view the new dashboard.

Accessing the New Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard

To access the new Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard in EQRS, log in to the Patient Registry in EQRS and select Reports Dashboard from Reports in the navigation bar (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Navigation to the Reports Dashboard

After going to the Reports Dashboard page, click the Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard option to display the dashboard. The naming configuration of the dashboard is based on your user role. Therefore, the name will be displayed as either CMS Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard, Corporate Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard, Network Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard, or Facility Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard. Figure 2 provides an example of a Facility-level dashboard.
Figure 2. Selecting the Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard

Dashboard Overview

The top of the Form 2728 and Form 2746 Dashboard presents details regarding the data source and refresh frequency (Figure 3) and instructions on how to use different features of the dashboard (Figure 4).

Figure 3. Details on Data Used in Dashboard

Figure 4. Instructions

National and Facility Summary Tables

The National and Facility Summary tables allow users the option to filter by Form Entered Date. The date entered is the actual date that a form was added to EQRS. Please note that the system automatically defaults to a date range going back one year from the current calendar date. This filter applies to all of the summaries, the Form 2728 details table, and the Form 2746 details table. Thus, the dates in this filter must be changed if a facility needs to see data outside of this default date range (Figure 5).

Figure 5. Filter Options for National and Facility Summaries

The first data table in the dashboard, National Summary, displays the number of submitted and saved forms by type (Initial, Re-entitlement, or Supplemental), at the national level (Figure 6).
Figure 6. National Summary

The second data table in the dashboard, Facility Summary, displays the number of submitted and saved forms by type (Initial, Re-entitlement, or Supplemental), at the facility level (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Facility Summary

The 2728 Forms Details – Patient Data table can be filtered by EQRS Patient ID, Form Status, Form Type, Date Started at Current Facility, and Date Submitted (Figure 8). To limit your view to forms in saved status, select “Saved” under Form Status.
Figure 8. Filter Options for 2728 Forms Details

The 2728 Forms Details Patient Data table will display all the form fields for all saved and submitted Form CMS-2728s started by the facility (Figure 9).
Figure 9. 2728 Forms Details – Patient Data

The 2746 Forms Details – Patient Data table can be filtered by EQRS Patient ID, Form Status, Date Submitted and Date of Death (Figure 10).  To view forms in saved status, select “Saved” under Form Status. To limit your view to forms in saved status, select “Saved” under Form Status.
Figure 10. Filter Options for 2728 Forms Details

The 2746 Forms Details Patient Data table will display all the form fields for all saved and submitted Form CMS-2746s started by the facility (Figure 11).
Figure 11. 2746 Form Details – Patient Data

For assistance with EQRS technical issues, please contact the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) Service Center. The CCSQ Service Center is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time and can be reached via phone at 866-288-8912, email at qnetsupport-esrd@cms.hhs.gov, or online at theCCSQ Support Center.

For assistance with general EQRS and ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) questions, please contact the ESRD QIP Team via the QualityNet Q&A Tool.


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