Skip Navigation

CPM Highlights from the 2008 Annual Report

2007 Annual CPM Report

The ESRD Clinical Performance Measures (CPM) Project, now in its 15th year, is a collaborative national effort between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the ESRD Networks, and ESRD dialysis facilities. This project provides an annual snapshot of care provided to dialysis patients. Data from this project were from the time period of October – December 2007 for HD patients and October 2007– March 2008 for PD patients. The results are based on a random sample of almost 9000 HD patients and about 1500 PD patients nation-wide. The Network 11 sample was about 500 HD patients and about 80 PD patients. The complete Annual CPM Report can be accessed at the following web site http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CPMProject/.

Adult In-Center Hemodialysis (HD) Patients

HD Adequacy

Measure Network 11     US    
Percent of patients with mean spKt/V≥1.2   90% 91%
Median Kt/V 1.52 1.56
Percent of patients with mean URR≥65% 89% 89%
Median URR 72.4 73.2
Median dialysis session length (min) 210 214

Anemia Management

Measure Network 11     US    
Percent of patients with mean Hgb ≥ 11 g/dL   82% 82%
Median Hgb (g/dL) 11.9 11.9
Percent of patients with mean Hgb < 10 g/dL 7% 5%

Vascular Access

Measure Network 11     US    
Percent of prevalent patients with AVF 45% 49%
Percent incident patients with AVF 45% 42%
Percent of prevalent patients with catheter 31% 27%
Percent of Prevalent patients with catheter ≥ 90 days   25% 21%

Nutrition

Measure Network 11     US    
Percent of patients with serum albumin ≥ 4.0/3.7 g/dL (BCG/BCP)   30% 34%
Percent of patients with serum albumin ≥ 3.5/3.2 g/dL (BCG/BCP)   79% 82%
Median serum BCG albumin (g/dL) 3.8 3.8
Median serum BCP albumin (g/dL) 3.6 3.5