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development of measure groups. We plan to continue working
with stakeholders to fill gaps for measures groups.
Comment: Several commenters recommended retaining the
ESRD Measures Group for the 2009 PQRI by replacing the 2008
PQRI Measure #80: Plan of Care for ESRD Patients with
Anemia which was declined for NQF endorsement with the
proposed 2009 PQRI Measure # 82 ESRD: Plan of Care for
Inadequate Peritoneal Dialysis listed in section II.O1.d.
of this final rule, “The Final 2009 PQRI Quality Measures.”
Response: As stated in the proposed rule (73 FR
38560), the ESRD measures groups is not being included in
the 2009 PQRI because one of the measures in the group is
no longer NQF-endorsed. The denominator definition and
coding of the ESRD measures proposed and selected for the
2009 PQRI do not meet the requirements for a measures group
as stated in section II.O1.b.ii. of this final rule with
comment period. However, the proposed 2009 PQRI Measure
#82 ESRD: Plan of Care for Inadequate Peritoneal Dialysis
is available to be reported as an individual quality
measure in the 2009 PQRI.
Based on the comments we received, we are retaining
three 2008 PQRI measures groups for the 2009 PQRI – (1)
Diabetes Mellitus, (2) CKD, and (3) Preventive Care. In
some cases, different or additional measures may be
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