The 2027 Annual Update draft measure specifications are now available. Question and comment on Eligible Clinician eCQMs, Hospital - Inpatient eCQMs, and Hospital - Outpatient eCQM until December 19, 2025.
Hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program that voluntarily report core clinical data elements and linking variables for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure data and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM) measure data have a submission deadline of Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
More information on the Hybrid HWR and Hybrid HWM measures is available on the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement Resource Center and QualityNet websites. For videos on the data submission process, visit the following: