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The ICD Registry™, launched on June 30, 2005, was designed in partnership with the Heart Rhythm Society and includes all required data fields, as well as optional extended information. In addition to meeting CMS data collection requirements for ICD implantation, national ICD Registry™ participants will receive quarterly benchmark reports that can be used to measure patient outcomes, volume and utilization.

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) On January 27, 2005, CMS announced its expanded ICD coverage decision for primary prevention ICD therapy. Immediately, coverage for primary prevention was expanded to include most SCD-HeFT patients and an expanded MADIT II population. Along with this expanded coverage, CMS also implemented an ICD data collection requirement called “QualityNet” or “QNet”. Relevant patient information is collected and stored, but CMS does not provide any benchmark reports or any clinical support to participants.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ mandate to provide data on the implantation of ICD devices creates new challenges for electrophysiologists and their teams. The American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR™) is responding to those challenges with the launch of a brand new ICD Registry™.

ICD Registry™ Features: Apples to Apples Comparisons, Standardized definitions, Clinically experienced support staff, Quarterly benchmark reports, Comprehensive data quality program, And MORE!

Data Elements and Definitions Data submitted to the ICD Registry™ are strictly confidential. The data elements and definitions are derived from ACC/AHA Electrophysiology Data Standards and include fields for patient characteristics, device types, facility and provider information, extent of disease progression, periodic device interrogation for firing data, and long-term patient outcomes.

Answer These Important ICD Questions Participants receive quarterly benchmark reports that answer these important ICD questions and much more: What are the characteristics of patients receiving ICD’s? What are the characteristics of hospitals where ICD implanted? What are the indications for the ICD? What are the reasons for subsequent hospitalization for procedure or device related complications and care? What are the relative outcomes within the registry population?

ICD Registry™ Participant Responsibilities Once you’ve enrolled in the ICD Registry™ you can plan on the following: Enter all ICD patient data in the ICD Registry™ online data collection tool or, when it is available, into your commercial software Submit data quarterly to the ICD Registry™ Review data quality reports for completeness and resubmit if necessary Review quarterly comparative Institutional Reports

The ICD Registry™ was launched on June 30, 2005. Participants have immediate access to an online data entry tool, clinical support staff, and online quarterly benchmark reports. The flagship NCDR™ registry, the CathPCI Registry™, has become a national standard for measuring patient outcomes. The NCDR™ also plans to launch a CARE Registry™ later this year. The NCDR™ is committed to leading quality improvement efforts in cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, and carotid artery stenting nationwide. The NCDR™ will continue to lead efforts to collect data to measure the clinical management and outcomes of patients and establish nationally recognized benchmarks to facilitate improvement of quality of care.