Tools and Resources
Fiscal Year 2028 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program Guide
Hospital IQR_FY 2028_CMS Measures Directory
Summary of FY 2026 Final Rule Program Changes
CY 2026/FY 2027 Hospital IQR Program Reporting Program Reporting Quarters
Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Program Measures FY 2028
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
CMS offers a process for hospitals to request and for CMS to grant exception or extension 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.
- ECE Request Form (September 2026)
- Extraordinary Circumstances Exceptions Quick Reference (Updated April 2025)
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