Quality Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the July update to the Hospital Compare website will include performance data reported voluntarily by critical access hospitals, the agency told AHA, quickly responding to an AHA letter expressing 鈥渄eep disappointment鈥 that the鈥
AHA letter to Representative James Renacci expressing support for H.R. 1343, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015.
The AHA strongly supports the conclusions and recommendations in the draft report and urges NQF to adopt them as soon as possible.
On March 18, a National Quality Forum expert panel released draft recommendations for adjusting health care performance measures to account for sociodemographic factors, such as education, race/ethnicity and/or homelessness. AHA members have the opportunity to submit comments to NQF on the draft鈥