2022 Hybrid About tab
Hybrid measures are quality measures that merge electronic health record data elements with claims data to calculate measure results. The Hybrid Hospital-Wide Mortality Measure was adopted for use in a program beginning in 2022.
The electronic specifications for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) and the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Mortality (HWM) Measures were updated for the voluntary reporting period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program. Hospitals submitting data for these measures during the voluntary reporting period will receive confidential hospital-specific reports detailing submission results from the reporting period, as well as the Hybrid HWR or Hybrid HWM measure results. Data will not be publicly reported during the voluntary reporting period. CMS will begin the public reporting of the Hybrid HWR and the Hybrid HWM measures results beginning with data collected from the reporting period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Each year, CMS makes updates to the hybrid measures adopted for reporting in the Hospital IQR program. Hybrid measures require updates to the electronic specifications and to claims-based specifications, available on QualityNet. CMS requires the use of updated electronic specifications for all its quality programs because they include updated codes, logic corrections, and clarifications. Reporting data for the hybrid measures to the Hospital IQR program requires a hospital or electronic health record vendor to use the most current version of the electronic measure specifications for the applicable reporting period.
- Use the Hybrid Measure Materials and follow the eCQM Implementation Checklist to update your electronic health record and processes for hybrid measure use and reporting.
- Read the 2024 Voluntary Reporting Key Dates and Resources document to view key dates and resources for hospitals participating in the 2024 voluntary reporting of the Hybrid HWR and Hybrid HWM Measures.
Across the eCQI Resource Center, for brevity, we use the term eCQM to encompass eCQMs and hybrid measures unless specified in a filter.