Tools and Resources
- FY 2026 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program Guide
- NHSN Quick Reference Guide
- Hospital IQR Program Measures for FY 2026
- Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement program Measures_for Payment Update
- Summary of FY 2024 Final Rule Program Changes
- IQR FY 2026 Reporting Quarters
- IQR Q1 2024 Checklist
- IQR Q2 2024 Checklist
- IQR_Q3 2024 Checklist
- IQR_Q4 2024 Annual Checklist
- FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Guide
- IQR_FY2025_NHSN HCP Submission_Checklist_
- IQR_Summary of FY 2023 Final Rule Program Changes
- IQR_FY 2025_Reporting Quarters
- IQR Q1 2023 Checklist
- IQR Q2 2023 Checklist
- IQR Q3 2023 Checklist
- IQR Q4 2023 Checklist
- IQR_FY 2025_CMS Measures Directory_
- CMS Hospital IQR Program Measures_FY 2025_Payment Updates_
- CMS_Quality Improvement Program Measures for Acute Care Hospitals-FY 2025 Payment Update
General Tutorials
- Calculate Achievement Points and Improvement Points for Each Measure
- How to Locate, Submit, and Complete and Extraordinary Circumstances Exception (ECE) form
- How to complete and submit a contact change form
- How to Register for Program ListServes
- Calendar Year (CY) versus Fiscal Year (FY) (PowerPoint and Quiz)
eCQM - eCQI Resource Center
Care Compare Preview Documents for January 2025
Inpatient Public Reporting Preview Quick Reference Guide
Inpatient Public Reporting Help Guide
Request Form for Withholding/Footnoting Data for Public Reporting
CMS offers a process for hospitals to request and for CMS to grant exceptions with respect to the reporting of required quality data when there are extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the hospital, using the ECE request form provided below. For further information related to eCQMs, please reference the Questions and Answers document below.
- ECE Request Form
- Extraordinary Circumstances Exceptions Quick Reference (Updated 3/22/2023)
- eCQM ECE Policy Clarification Questions and Answers (Updated: 03/10/2017)
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