aqihq.org Sending Data to AQI The National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR)

NACOR Practice Survey Source: Self Reported by Practice Champion Champion assigned login and instructions Important for benchmarking o Practice demographics o Provider data o Facility data o Technology data Suggest quarterly updates to provider data Other data updates as changes occur © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.2

NACOR Minimum Data Requirements Source: Administrative & Billing Data from Billing Software Start and end time for anesthesia/procedure Date of service Staff ID (replaces identifiable staff name) Staff NPI number (required for PQRS/QCDR reporting) Staff role Facility ID (replaces identifiable facility name) Anesthesia type Patient gender Patient city, state, zip code Patient age or date of birth ASA physical status Surgical CPT code Unique anesthesia event ID Optional: ASA CPT, ICD code © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.3

Getting Ready to Submit the Minimum Dataset EXAMPLE #1 Your billing company/software vendor is an established AQI Preferred Vendor. AQI Preferred Vendors have already worked with AQI to develop an extract to submit data to the registry. 1.Verify your vendor’s status by accessing a list of AQI Preferred Vendors at 2.Contact your AQI Preferred Vendor about submitting a test file (one month of data) to the registry. 3.Test files are reviewed to ensure the data meets with AQI specifications – lead time 10 business days. 4.AQI will request a production file if specs are met; feedback will be provided when specs have not been met. 5.AQI requests monthly uploads via an ftp assigned login. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.4

Getting Ready to Submit the Minimum Dataset EXAMPLE #2 A.Your billing company/software vendor is NOT an established AQI Preferred Vendor ; or B.Your group will submit data directly to AQI. 1.AQI’s standard format is XML. 2.Provide XML format specs to your vendor or IT developer; you will need IT resources to format a data file. 3.XML format sample files and a file validator (billing, AIMS) are available at for an ftp login when your validated test file is 5.Allow 10 days for file review and feedback or production file request. 6.Submit monthly files going forward. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.5

Getting Ready to Submit EMR & AIMS Data AQI’s data schema is structured to accept multiple levels of data including: o EMR data: ICD diagnostics, pre-op med use, comorbidities, hospital length of stay, etc. o AIMS data: vitals, fluids, drug doses, etc. AQI’s data schema documentation for vendors and IT developers is available at o Technical resources include AQI XML Schema Documentation, XML Schema Online Browser and XML Validator. Same submission process; longer data review period. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.6

Getting Ready to Submit Outcomes Data AQI’s data schema is structured to accept several types of outcomes data: Events, complications, adverse outcomes PQRS and ASA measures data for CMS reporting o AQI’s data schema documentation for vendors and IT developers is available at o Technical resources include XML Schema Online Browser, XML Validator and a sample XML file. o Minimum dataset files separate from outcomes files must contain common unique identifier. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.7

Champion Communications Automated s to practice champion o Complete Practice Survey o Prepare and upload test file o Monthly file is due o Uploaded data has been loaded by AQI © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.8

Access to Practice Reports Data reports are accessed through the practice’s Members Only login assigned upon contract execution. Uploaded files data is viewable within 10 business days of an approved file. Report webinars are offered and recordings are posted on our website. Virtual office hours are also available for questions. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.9

Resources Guide for Submitting Data to NACOR - Outlines the types of NACOR data, how data is uploaded and AQI's file format and specifications, including a link to an XML validation tool. AQI Preferred Vendor List - Vendors that have worked with AQI to develop an extract for their clients. AQI XML Schema Documentation - Identifies data the AQI collects, illustrates the manner in which data is joined to AQI's XML schema, and facilitates the proper use of the schema. QCDR Developer Resources – Includes 2016 measures, sample XML file and file validator. © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.10

Questions/Help AQI AQI website CMS Help ASA QCDR management/quality-improvement/physicians-quality- reporting-system/qcdrhttp:// management/quality-improvement/physicians-quality- reporting-system/qcdr © 2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS.11