Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program

Overview

The Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) program was developed as mandated by section 1886(s)(4) of the Social Security Act, as added and amended by Sections 3401(f) and 10322(a) of the Affordable Care Act (Pub.L. 111-148).

The IPFQR pay-for-reporting program is intended to equip consumers with quality of care information to make more informed decisions about healthcare options. It is also intended to encourage hospitals and clinicians to improve the quality of inpatient care provided to beneficiaries by, first, ensuring that providers are aware of and reporting on best practices for their respective facilities and type of care.

To meet the IPFQR program requirement, Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs) are required to submit all quality measures in the form, manner, and time as specified by the Secretary, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), beginning with Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 payment determination year and subsequent fiscal years. Because this is a pay-for-reporting program, eligible facilities will be subject to payment reduction for non-participation. Eligible IPFs that do not participate in the IPFQR program in a fiscal year or do not meet all of the reporting requirements will receive a 2.0 percentage point reduction of their annual update to their standard federal rate for that year. The reduction is non-cumulative across payment years.