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CROWNWeb and its Impact on Vascular Access Data Collection
Delva, Oniel — Renal & Urology News April 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is evaluating clinical data entered into its CROWNWeb system by participating Phase 2 facilities against that provided by dialysis facilities nationwide. This evaluation is allowing CMS to determine if the data entered into the CROWNWeb system are comparable to that previously provided in other ways… read more
CROWNWeb One Year After Its Initial Launch
Delva, Oniel — Renal Business Today April 2010
On Jan. 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had an important decision to make: Move forward with its initial plans to implement CROWNWeb as an electronic data-collection system required for use by the entire End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) community… read more
CROWNWeb: Interaction and Support for Phased-In Users
Delva, Oniel — Net Link December 2009
In this article, we will provide an overview of how Phase 1 and Phase 2 participating facilities are interacting with the CROWNWeb system, outline the support that has been provided throughout each phase as we head toward the national release, and highlight enhancements to the system that were driven by user feedback… read more
How CROWNWeb Will Validate and Use Patient Data
Delva, Oniel — Nephronline.com November 2009
In July 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began Phase 2 of the CROWNWeb project. In Phase 2, 180 End-Stage Renal Disease dialysis clinics began using CROWNWeb to collect patient and facility data. The intent of CMS's CROWNWeb system is to expedite the transfer of important patient and facility data to… read more
CROWNWeb Implementation: What Renal Professionals Can Expect
McDonough, Matthew J - Delva, Oniel — Renal Business Today July 2009
Matt McDonough and Oniel Delva of the CROWNWeb Communications Team will provide an update on the implementation process of the CROWNWeb system and share the feedback obtained from the Phase 1 facility users via weekly CROWNWeb User Group meetings… read more
CROWNWeb: A Phased-In Approach to 100% Data Collection
Delva, Oniel - McDonough, Matthew J — Renal Business Today July 2009
On Feb. 1, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took dialysis facilities' ability to accurately manage their patients' Medicare data into a new era, with the introduction of CROWNWeb. A Web-based data-collection system, CROWNWeb will provide a new means of accessing key patient-care data summaries… read more
CROWNWeb - A Web of Patient Centric Data
McDonough, Matthew J - Delva, Oniel — Renalink Spring 2009
CROWNWeb is a Web-based data collection system designed for use by Medicare-certified dialysis facilities throughout the United States. It allows CMS to obtain records for dialysis patients in an electronic format from providers, and its Internet platform marks a new technological step for CMS, one that makes it more than just another data… read more
CROWNWeb: Next Generation CPM Reporting
Delva, Oniel — Renal & Urology News December 2008
For more than four decades, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has had as its mission the advancement of effective, up-to-date health-care coverage and the promotion of quality care for beneficiaries. Toward this end, CMS will launch a new data-collection system called CROWNWeb that allows… read more
CROWNWeb - The Evolution of Kidney Data Management
McDonough, Matthew J — Nephrology News & Issues 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is developing a Web-based application, Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web-Enabled Network (CROWNWeb), which is designed to facilitate data entry, updating, and retrieval for dialysis facilities nationwide. Part 1 of this three-part series outlines the history of end-stage renal… Part I Part II Part III
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- Aug 31
CROWNWeb Phase III: Multi-Factor Authentication
Due to the sensitivity of the data available via CROWNWeb, the system must adhere to federal guidelines highlighted in Section 5.3.3.2 of the QualityNet System Security Policy (published November 2009). This segment of the policy indicates that automated user identification and authentication mechanisms must be in place and well supported for all QualityNet information systems. To meet this requirement, during Phase III, CMS will implement an identity verification process that will provide users with a one-time pass code via a phone call, text message, or e-mail. A new code will be required for each CROWNWeb session, and will be automatically generated once the user enters his/her correct username and password on the login screen of the QualityNet Identity Management System (QIMS). Once CROWNWeb issues the pass code, users will have up to 30 minutes to enter it on the log in screen to gain access to the system, and users will be able to have their computers "remember" the code so that it is valid for that one user at that one computer for up to 12 hours. Further details regarding CROWNWeb security protocol will be discussed prior to the release of CROWNWeb Phase III and the full national implementation. - Jul 30
QIPS Accounts to Automatically Convert over into New QIMS System
Phase III (set for January 2011), will include a new account management system that will provide identity credential to users who will need access to CROWNWeb. All users will need to follow an account management process defined in CMS' new QualityNet Identity Management System (QIMS). QIMS, which will be a replacement of the current QualityNet Identity Provisioning System (QIPS), will provide a more robust and secure account management service that will include end-user recertification, annual security training, and a confirmation system in which multiple identifiers are used to validate user credentials (multi-factor authentication). All users should continue to register for and/or maintain access to CROWNWeb via the QIPS system until further notice. Users with established QIPS accounts will have their accounts automatically converted over into QIMS. Further details regarding the transition from QIPS to QIMS will be discussed prior to the release of CROWNWeb Phase III and the full national implementation. - Jun 30
CROWNWeb Phase III Coming January 2011!
On June 23, 2010, CMS distributed a CROWN Memorandum to the ESRD Networks that announced the release of CROWNWeb Phase III, and the expected national release date. Phase III will officially kick-off in January 2011, and will include at least 360 dialysis facilities (both independent and corporate dialysis facilities). Phase III will also introduce CMS' QualityNet Identity Management System (QIMS), a replacement of the QIPS account activation system, and Multi- Factor Authentication, a federal security requirement in which an additional level of authentication is used to verify an identity. Similar to the previous releases, this installment will provide CMS with an opportunity to conduct usability analyses, and will play a role in the finalization of the national release date. Once CMS deems Phase III to be successful, it will then target the full national release of CROWNWeb for an anticipated late Spring 2011 release date.
