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ProvidersImproving Individual Patient Care |
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) ProgramThe Hospital Inpatient Quality 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 all patients. The hospital quality of care information gathered through the program is available to consumers on the Hospital Compare website. The Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program requires "sub-section (d)" hospitals to submit data for specific quality measures for health conditions common among people with Medicare, and which typically result in hospitalization. Eligible hospitals that do not participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program will receive an annual market basket update with a 2.0 percentage point reduction. |
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