FY2021 Quarter 1/Quarter 2 Dialysis Facility Report (DFR) - Update

• On March 22, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to data submission requirements for dialysis facilities in order to reduce data collection and reporting burden on providers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. • CMS waived data submission from January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 (Q1-Q2) for performance or payment programs. In addition, no data reflecting services provided January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 will be used in CMS’s calculations for the Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs. • Due to the waiver of data submission requirements and its potential impact on measure calculations, the Q1 and Q2 DFR distributions will be cancelled.