ESRD NETWORK 6 2011 ANNUAL REPORT

Impact of the Southeastern Kidney Council’s Goal 5 Accomplishmentson improving the collection, reliability, timeliness and use of data tomeasure process of care and outcomesNetwork 6 processed 24,990 forms in 2011. (Table 9)According to the 2010 Summary of Annual Reports the number of CMS forms enteredby the Southeastern Kidney Council (Network 6) was greater than any other Network in2010, accounting for 9% of all forms entered into the CMS system. (Figure 35)Southeastern Kidney Council rejected about 20% of 2728 forms (Medical EvidenceReport) and about 3% of 2746 forms (Death Notifications) due to failed edit checks andreturned those to facilities for correction.The Network performed analysis and cleaned 23,156 records, utilizing 85 independentdata check processes.The Southeastern Kidney Council receives on average 1600 notifications and accretionsfrom CMS to update and complete data elements per month.The Southeastern Kidney Council responded to approximately 650 inquires for technicalto assistance facilities improve data collection, reliability and timeliness.P a g e | 89