Resources and Tools

• PIX Survey(March 2025)
• PIX Survey-Spanish Version(June 2025)
• Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program Psychiatric Inpatient Experience (PIX) Survey Fact Sheet
• Frequently Asked Questions Update: Psychiatric Inpatient Experience (PIX) Survey (August 2025)
• Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program PIX Survey Implementation Guide (August 2025)
• IPFQR PIX Survey – CSV Data Collection Template
• IPFQR PIX Survey – CSV Instructions
• IPFQR PIX Survey – Data Dictionary
• IPFQR PIX Survey – XML File Layout & Instructions
• IPFQR PIX Survey – File Upload Edit Messages

• IPFQR Quick Support Reference Card
• IPFQR Quick Reference Guide Notice of Participation (NOP)
• Understanding Reporting Periods vs. Fiscal Years
• IPF Vendor Management
• IPF PPR Reference Guide__
• IPF FSN Reference Guide__
• IPF Accessing Publicly Reported Data
• Facility Contact Change Form

• FY 2027 IPFQR Program Guide (for summer 2026)
• IPFQR CMS Measures for FY 2027
• IPFQR Quick Reference Guide DACA FY 2027

You can access the IPF Specifications Manual on the QualityNet Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Manuals webpage. There you will find abstraction guidance and technical specifications pertinent to the IPFQR Program by effective date, starting with CY 2022 discharges and events.

 Note: Due to CMS' decision to transition from aggregate to patient-level reporting of measure data for the IPFQR Program (per the FY 2022 IPF PPS Final Rule), CMS discontinued producing the IPFQR Program Manual, now located in the Archived Resources webpage. 

• FY 2027 Checklists - Coming Soon !

IPFQR Program Questions and Answers Tool Click on the link to search for posted question and answer pairs as well as submit any new questions that are not already addressed in the Q&A tool or in a published summary of questions and answers.

Preview Documents for January 2026

• Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Public Reporting Preview Quick Reference Guide

• Combined Public Reporting Preview Help Guide

License for Use of Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition

The following resources are for the claims-based measures in the IPFQR program, which CMS will calculate for FY2026 public reporting using Medicare Fee-for-Service claims data.

Resource materials pertaining to the most recent ISR confidential review period for the CBMs are listed below. Each file is an user guide designed to assist in the review of the ISR for the specific measure .

• CBM IPF Specific Reports Quick Reference Guide 
• Follow-up After Psychiatric Hospitalization User Guide 
• IPF 30 Day Readmission User Guide
• Medication Continuation Following Inpatient Psychiatric Discharge User Guide