THE DELAY in the July 2008 Hospital Compare release (7/18/2008)
The July 17, 2008 release of Hospital Compare data for providers participating in the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) and/or the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) program will occur later than previously announced. The QIO community and providers will be notified when Hospital Compare will be updated.
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September HQA Preview Period has begun (7/18/2008)
The September 2008 Hospital Compare Preview Reports for the Hospital Quality Alliance
(HQA) and Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) initiatives
are now available to participating providers and Quality Improvement Organizations
(QIOs) on My QualityNet.
The HQA Preview Reports will be available from July 16 through August 14, 2008.
(To access the reports, you must be registered as a My QualityNet user and have
been assigned the QIO Clinical Data Warehouse Feedback Report role.) The data that
appear in the Preview Reports will be reported on
Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website
for Medicare beneficiaries and the general public, tentatively in September 2008.
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Patient-mix Coefficients for September 2008 Publicly Reported HCAHPS Results available and July 2008 Patient-mix Coefficients updated (7/18/2008)
The Patient-mix Coefficients for September 2008 Publicly Reported HCAHPS Results have been posted.
In addition, an updated July 2008 Patient-mix Coefficients document has been posted.
This updated document includes correction to the order of the Interaction items
in Table 1 and Table 2.
Please click here.
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Additional Upcoming Data Submission Deadlines Posted (7/18/2008)
Please Note: Make sure to allow adequate time to submit data in case resubmissions
are necessary. A successful submission to QualityNet Exchange is defined as a file
that has been accepted by QualityNet, as indicated on the Data Submission Report.
Once you have uploaded your files, if you do not receive an email confirmation within
twenty-four hours with a batch number indicating that your batch has been processed,
please contact the QualityNet Help Desk at
qnetsupport@ifmc.sdps.org or by telephone
at 866.288.8912. Be sure to check the Submission Reports, if your hospital uploaded
data, or the Feedback Reports, if your hospital has contracted with an approved
survey vendor. These reports are available on the QualityNet Exchange Website.
2008 and 2009 deadlines for HCAHPS data submission are as follows:
- October 8, 2008
is the data submission deadline for patients discharged in April,
May and June 2008. June 2008 Dry Run data also must be submitted by this date.
- January 14, 2009
is the data submission deadline for patients discharged in July,
August and September 2008. September 2008 Dry Run data also must be submitted by
this date.
- April 8, 2009 is the data submission deadline for patients discharged in October,
November and December 2008. December 2008 Dry Run data also must be submitted by
this date.
- July 8, 2009 is the data submission deadline for patients discharged in January,
February and March 2009. March 2009 Dry Run data also must be submitted by this
date.
- October 14, 2009
is the data submission deadline for patients discharged in April,
May and June 2009. June 2009 Dry Run data also must be submitted by this date.
All data submission must be successfully submitted by these dates.
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National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) discharge code update (6/25/2008)
The NUBC has made two changes in the Patient Status Discharge Codes that will impact
code 05 (Other institution for inpatient care). These two changes, implemented April
7, 2008 for discharges beginning April 1, 2008 are:
- Redefine patient discharge status 05 to "discharge/transfer to a designated cancer
center or children's hospital"
- Add patient discharge status code 70 defined as "discharge/transfer to another type
of health care institution not defined elsewhere in the code list."
Due to the current HCAHPS XML version 3.0 the new discharge code "70" is not a valid
option. Until further notice, please crosswalk discharge code "70" and discharge
code "05" to the valid XML version 3.0 code "05". Please contact HCAHPS Technical
Support at hcahps@azqio.sdps.org with any questions.
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HCAHPS Data Collection and Public Reporting (6/25/2008)
HCAHPS data collection and public reporting of the survey results will be refreshed quarterly on the Hospital Compare website (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). The next public reporting of HCAHPS results will occur in July 2008 (the anticipated date is July 17, 2008). Hospital results for patients discharged between October 2006 and September 2007 will be displayed.
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HCAHPS Public Reporting Periods Posted (5/2/2008)
CMS has prepared a document to show the calendar quarters of HCAHPS results that will be publicly
reported on the Hospital Compare website through March 2009. This document also
contains information about when hospitals may suppress the public reporting of their
HCAHPS results. More information can be found on the
Technical Specifications page.
Please Note: The dates of future preview periods and public reporting are estimates
based on current timetables and are thus subject to change.
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Submission of "Zero Cases" for January 2008 and Forward (2/27/2008)
Below please find instructions for uploading "Zero Case" information via QualityNet
Exchange using the Online Data Entry Tool or the XML file format for January 2008
patient discharges and forward.
Online Tool
Please note the following:
- One header record must
be completed for each month that an organization has "Zero Cases."
- The NPI element is not
required at this time, but may be entered if the information is available.
- For "survey mode" select "Mail only."
- For "number eligible discharge" and "sample size" enter 0.
- For "sample type" select "Simple Random Sample."
XML File Format
Below is an example of a header record layout that must be submitted for each month
that an organization has "Zero Cases."
<header>
<provider-name>Some Hospital</provider-name>
<provider-id>123456</provider-id>
(NPI is not required)
<discharge-yr>2008</discharge-yr>
<discharge-month>1</discharge-month> (for
January)
<survey-mode>1</survey-mode > (for Mail
only)
<number-eligible-discharge>0</number-eligible-discharge>
<sample-size>0</sample-size>
<sample-type>1</sample-type> (for Simple
Random Sample)
</header>
Please contact HCAHPS Information and Technical Support by email at
hcahps@azqio.sdps.org or by telephone at 1-888-884-4007 with any questions.
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