SoftDev is continuing our support of the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) community as a subcontractor to SemanticBits on the much-anticipated End Stage Renal Disease Quality Reporting System (EQRS) Patient Registry Portal and Analytics (PRP&A) effort. EQRS serves as the National Patient Registry and Quality Improvement Tool for the CMS ESRD Program, supporting a number of functions, including acting as the foundation for quality measure data that supports the ESRD Network Program’s Quality Improvement activity data. This system is a critical component in CMS’ efforts to support ESRD patients across the nation. The EQRS PRP&A effort consists of two primary divisions of architectural responsibility: (1) data collection and reporting to external end users, and (2) data integration, analytics, and reporting to internal stakeholders.  

SoftDev has been chosen for this work given our deep ESRD data / program knowledge and skilled data validation processes. With a team led by ESRD Subject Matter Expert Michael Kennedy, PhD., we are committed to enhancing the integrity of EQRS data and serving the broader ESRD community. SoftDev is excited to continue our relationship with CMS’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) Information Systems Group (ISG) as we collaborate on this important work.  

Founded in 1999, SoftDev is a leading healthcare IT company. The firm is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and has maintained HUBZone certification continually since 2007. 

The FedHealthIT100 honors those individuals recognized for driving change and advancement in the Federal Health Information Technology and Consulting Market. Nominated and chosen by their peers, some common themes among those who were selected include the desire and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom, to go above and beyond, to drive innovation, and to give back to the larger Federal Health IT and Consulting community. SoftDev’s President and CEO, Robin Kaiser, is among those named to this prestigious list for the third consecutive year.  

Ms. Kaiser has continuously served the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) community for over 20 years. With focus on improving the quality of ESRD data and, therefore, enhancing the ESRD beneficiary experience, Ms. Kaiser has worked diligently across numerous CMS initiatives. SoftDev congratulates Ms. Kaiser and all of the FedHealthIT Top 100. For the full list of honorees, visit https://www.fedhealthit.com/2020/11/the-2021-fedhealthit100/.   

SoftDev proudly announces that our CMS / Alignment of Quality Reporting Programs and Websites (AQPRPW) prime effort has been named among FedHealthIT’s list of 6th Annual FedHealthIT Innovation Award winners. The FedHealth IT Innovation award recognizes and honors the Federal Health technology and consulting community by celebrating programs nominated and selected by their peers for driving innovation and results across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Health, Health and Human Services, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

SoftDev ascribes to the belief that data and tools are meaningless unless provided in an easily digestible and navigable manner. With an eye on modernization and improved Digital Services, CMS also embraces this belief and is seeking to utilize human centered design (HCD) to improve and streamline its suite of Compare Website Tools.  This involves coordination between OC, CCSQ, and a myriad of contractors/stakeholders involved in public reporting of quality measure data. This program is currently in progress moving towards a Spring 2020 release of the new, fully aligned digitally transformed and consolidated Compare Websites and Summer 2020 sunsetting of the current Compare Website suite. The two new Compare tools, through enhanced digital services, will be user-centric with streamlined content and more intuitive interfaces. Beneficiaries will gain greater insights about available options assisting with more informed decisions about their healthcare. Researchers will easily target needed data for more meaningful analyses.  CMS and AQPRPW are furthering the movement to achieve the vision of “One CMS” through digital transformation and greater collaboration and cohesion between OC and CCSQ.  

SoftDev’s CMS CROWNWeb Data Discrepancy Support (CDDS) effort was also named on the 2020 Awardee list. This is the second such award for CDDS.  SoftDev congratulates all FedHealthIT Innovation Award winners. For a full list of awardees, visit https://www.fedhealthit.com/2020/02/fedhealthit-2020-innovation-award-winners-announced/.  

SoftDev proudly announces that our CMS / CROWN Data Discrepancy Support (CDDS) prime effort has been named among FedHealthIT’s list of 6th Annual FedHealthIT Innovation Award winners. This marks the second year that CDDS has been recognized for is innovation and impact to the CMS mission, the first being in 2018. The FedHealth IT Innovation award recognizes and honors the Federal Health technology and consulting community by celebrating programs nominated and selected by their peers for driving innovation and results across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Health, Health and Human Services, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

The ESRD Program is continually working to improve its systems and the data housed within them. SoftDev’s work supporting ESRD Data impacts eligibility, delivery of care, and payments to Medicare Advantage Plans as well as a number of other facets of the ESRD Program activities. The FedHealthIT Innovation award recognizes SoftDev’s efforts, in collaboration with CMS, to streamline data reconciliation processes and improve transplant wait list reporting.  The new streamlined processes expedite reconciliation and have resulted in more than $100M in recovered revenues from improper payments. Our Transplant Wait List Report serves as a useful tool to participating providers as they internally assess outcomes and identify patients needing enhanced services.  

SoftDev’s CMS Alignment of Quality Reporting Programs and Websites (AQPRPW) effort was also named on the 2020 Awardee list.  SoftDev congratulates all FedHealthIT Innovation Award winners. For a full list of awardees, visit https://www.fedhealthit.com/2020/02/fedhealthit-2020-innovation-award-winners-announced/.