MARC uses the Standard Information Management System (SIMS), developed under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contract by ESRD Network 6, to maintain facility demographic and patient-specific information. SIMS has been fully implemented by all Networks since the first quarter of 2000, and creates a common platform for data storage, allowing easier and more timely access to national data. Data for all national ESRD patients are stored at a central repository, housed in Baltimore, MD, that combines all Networks' data and is easily accessible through electronic retrieval. Data are collected from the following sources:
ESRD Medical Evidence Report forms (CMS-2728) completed at treatment initiation or re-entitlement ESRD Death Notification forms (CMS-2746) Patient Activity Reports, completed monthly by each dialysis center, to report changes in treatment settings Semi-Annual Patient Census Report Annual Facility Survey Semi-Annual Facility Directory Update
Transplant event and follow-up information
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