Performance Measure 7

Part A: Percent of recipients that access the de-identified emPOWER data map at least once every six months to identify the number of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes

Part B: Percent of HCCs that access the de-identified emPOWER data map at least once every six months to identify the number of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes

Goal or Target

SPPR will establish a baseline based on performance data collected in initial fiscal years, which will be used to set targets and goals for subsequent years.

Operational Intent

This PM helps ASPR determine if recipients and HCCs have up-to-date data on populations with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment in their jurisdictions for planning purposes. Recipients and HCCs should be planning how to address the needs of these populations during an emergency. The number of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment from emPOWER represents a minimum of potential population needs in an emergency. Recipients and HCCs should at least plan for population needs based on emPOWER data, although actual needs of the population are certainly greater, as emPOWER data do not capture populations with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment who are covered by Medicaid, including children. Recipients may also consider obtaining similar information from their Medicaid programs and health insurers with significant market share in their communities.

Data Reporting

Each HCC should report through the CAT. During the specified time period for end-of-year reporting, recipients should enter this information on behalf of themselves and HCCs into the end-of-year performance measure module in PERFORMS. SPPR will calculate percentages.

Data Point	Data Entity	Data Source	Response
PM7.1 The recipient accesses the de-identified data map from emPOWER at least once every six months to identify numbers of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes	Recipient*	Meeting notes, agendas, or other operational documents	Recipient Name: _______ Yes ___ No ___
PM7.2 The HCC accesses the de-identified data map from emPOWER at least once every six months to identify numbers of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes	HCC*	Meeting notes, agendas, or other operational documents	HCC Name: _______ Yes ___ No ___

Data Point

Data Entity

Data Source

Response

PM7.1 The recipient accesses the de-identified data map from emPOWER at least once every six months to identify numbers of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes

Recipient*

Meeting notes, agendas, or other operational documents

Recipient Name: _______

Yes ___
No ___

PM7.2 The HCC accesses the de-identified data map from emPOWER at least once every six months to identify numbers of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment for planning purposes

HCC*

Meeting notes, agendas, or other operational documents

HCC Name: _______

Yes ___
No ___

*American Samoa (AS), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) territories must also report. No other territories must report.

Definitions and Interpretation

Access the de-identified data map from emPOWER: the emPOWER data map can be accessed at http://empowermap.hhs.gov/. De-identified data are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant.

emPOWER: emPOWER, developed by HHS ASPR and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), is an integrated platform that provides progressively dynamic data and mapping tools that can help state and local health departments, and their partners, to better anticipate, mitigate, plan for, and respond to the potential needs of at-risk persons with access and functional needs who use electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment prior to, during, and after a disaster. One of its tools, the HHS emPOWER map, is a publicly-available resource that integrates de-identified Medicare billing-data, real-time National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) severe weather tracking, and geographic information system (GIS) mapping to highlight the number of at-risk individuals that use electrically-dependent, life-maintaining, and assistive durable medical equipment in geographic areas down to the zip code level. ³

At least once every six months: Each fiscal year is 12 months. A recipient and HCC should access emPOWER data map at least once every six months.

Identify the number of individuals with electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment: The HHS emPOWER Map displays the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who live independently and rely on electricity-dependent durable medical and assistive equipment and devices at the state, territory, county, and ZIP Code levels. Note that if the number of individuals in a geographic area is between 1-10, it will be displayed as 11 to minimize the risk of individual re-identification.

^3. “The HHS emPOWER Initiative: Emergency Preparedness Tools Addressing the Needs of Energy Dependent, At-Risk Populations.” National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO). http://nacchopreparedness.org/the-hhs-empower-initiative-emergency-preparedness-tools-addressing-the-needs-of-energy-dependent-at-risk-populations-2/. Accessed on 6 Aug. 2020.

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