Note that the dates with the "~" symbol are not yet firmly established.


DatesActivities and Deliverables
November 20, 2018 - December 7, 2018Clinigence EIDM account setup.  Clinigence will coordinate this with the ACO security officer.
November 20, 2018 - December 7, 2018Clinigence completes DUA and user roll setups with the ACOs.  The ACO initiates this process either by updated the existing DUA or submitting a new one.  Related correspondence should be submitted to [email protected].


December 1, 2018 - December 7, 2018Census templates distributed and updates received.
~December 10, 2018Data integrations requiring measure QA are completed. Measure QA begins.
~December 1, 2018Clinigence answer feed data dictionary becomes available.  Note that this is dependent on finalization of the CMS import spec 
December 14, 2018Customer Test and Training Registries made available. 
December 14, 2018Clinigence ACO Registry train the trainer training.
December 31, 2018All data integration testing and measure QA is completed.
January 7, 2019 Patient ranking files are scheduled to be available for download from the GPRO WI and through the ACO download site. This file will contain your ACO’s samples for reporting and can be used to prepare and assist in locating data on Medicare beneficiaries in your samples.
~January 8 - 22, 2019Clinigence completes data extractions and loads.
~January 8 - 22, 2019Clinigence ACO registry load and QA. Data elements include ACO census, CMS sample beneficiaries, CMS claims based data, and where applicable ACO data feeds.
January 10, 2019Clinigence ACO Registry end-user training.
January 11, 2019 - January 22, 2019Clinigence GPRO Registry application is made available for use. Availability will vary by ACO based on data load timelines.
January 22, 2019GPRO WI Opens (This is an FYI.  Registry users don't have to log into the GPRO WI.)
February 1, 2019First test export of Clinigence ACO Registry and import to CMS WI. Clinigence will provide ACOs with data entry issues report.
February 15, 2019Second test export of Clinigence ACO Registry and import to CMS WI. Clinigence will provide ACOs with data entry issues report.
March 1, 2019Third test export of Clinigence ACO Registry and import to CMS WI. Clinigence will provide ACOs with data entry issues report.
March 2, 2098 - March 22, 2019Clinigence will do final CMS WI submissions and provide CMS feedback reports and submission confirmation documents.
March 22, 2019The GPRO WI closes on Friday, March 22, 2019, at 8 pm ET (7 pm CT, 6 pm MT, and 5 pm PT).  Note that CMS will sometimes open up the WI the following week for a short period in read-only mode so that organizations can download their reports.  Barring very last-minute submissions Clinigence will have already done these downloads prior to closing.
March 23, 2019 - March 31, 2018Clinigence generates and delivers submission packets: Clinigence registry exports, CMS WI reports and exports, Anonymous ACO score comparisons.
April/May 2019CMS will release the 2018 reporting results.