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Hospital - Inpatient

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The eCQI Resource Center has resources for the implementation of eCQMs throughout the website, which you can search using Advanced Search (located in the upper right of each page). Key resources include:eCQM Annual TimelineeCQM Implementation ChecklisteCQM Annual Update Implementation User…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
AHRQ has launched a brief user survey, and we want to hear from you. Whether you use AHRQ’s Quality Indicators for quality improvement, benchmarking, reporting, or research, your insights are key to ensuring these tools remain relevant, effective, and impactful.This is your opportunity to share how…
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(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
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(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
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(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
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(Last updated: Jan 09, 2026)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Secure Portal is a CMS-approved website for secure communications and health care quality data exchange between quality improvement organizations, hospitals, physician offices, nursing homes, end-stage renal disease networks and facilities, and data…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now accepting electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data for the calendar year (CY) 2025 reporting period. The HQR system now accepts Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I test and production files using CY 2025 requirements.…
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(Last updated: Jan 05, 2026)
The HQR System is now open and accepting CY 2025 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program data submissions and attestations from eligible hospitals and CAHs. These tools are available to help with the data submission process:CY 2025 HQR User GuideCY 2025 QRDA I Submission ChecklistImportant…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now open for the voluntary submission of core clinical data elements and linking variables for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM)…