The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a patient-reported outcome performance measure (PRO-PM) for patients undergoing non-emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that can be used to assess hospital-level performance measurement. The overarching purpose of the project is to develop a measure that can be used to enhance the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries.

CORE is seeking nominations for a technical expert panel (TEP) to provide expert opinion and input on this measure. Given the expertise and mission of your organization and your constituency's expertise relevant to patient-reported outcomes, interventional cardiology, and/or quality measurement, CORE invites you to identify individuals who might be interested in participating on our TEP. Individuals and organizations should be aware that persons selected to the TEP represent themselves and not their organization.

CORE is also seeking patients aged 65 years and older who have undergone non-emergent PCI to join the TEP to provide essential input on quality measures based on their own experience and perspective. If you know of an interested patient, please forward this information to him or her. The goal is to have broad representation on the TEP to encompass the perspectives of healthcare providers, quality improvement professionals, performance measurement experts, purchasers, consumers, and patients.

CORE will hold two to three teleconference meetings lasting approximately 1-2 hours each between March and September 2015. For more information about this work and TEP member responsibilities, please visit https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/MMS/TechnicalExpertPanels.html.

If you or someone you know with relevant expertise would be willing to participate, please complete the TEP Nomination Form and submit it along with their curriculum vitae and a statement of interest by 5:00pm on February 1, 2015, Eastern Time. The TEP Nomination Form can be downloaded at the bottom of the webpage listed above. Please note that in order for the nomination package to be complete, a signature (electronic or handwritten) is required on the TEP Nomination Form.

The documents may be submitted in hard copy to the address below, faxed (203-764-5653), or emailed (CMS_PCI_PRO-PM@yale.edu). Once the nomination process is complete, CORE will select a TEP composed of 10-15 members based on the areas of expertise and the specific requirements of the measure.

Please contact Rana Searfoss (CMS_PCI_PRO-PM@yale.edu or 203-764-9553) should you have any questions.

Thank You,
Jeptha Curtis

Jeptha Curtis, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation/ Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE)
1 Church Street, Suite 200
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 764-5700 Tel.
(203) 764-5653 Fax
CMS_PCI_PRO-PM@yale.edu