Hospitals can review data on certain episode-related payment measures

Hospitals in the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program can review their calendar year 2017 data for three clinical episode-based payment measures through Sept. 16 at the QualityNet secure portal, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. The reports, on the three condition EBP measures, are for informational purposes only. CEBP data will not be reported on the Hospital Compare website until 2018 or affect the IQRP payment determination until fiscal year 2019. For more information or assistance, contact the QualityNet Help Desk at qnetsupport@hcqis.org or IQR support team at https://cms-ip.custhelp.com. Feedback on ways to improve future distributions of the report may be emailed to CMS at CMSCEBPMeasures@EconometricaInc.com.