The purpose of this message is to remind hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program that the submission deadline for clinical data, Perinatal Care Web-Based Measure (PC-01) data, and Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) data is November 20, 2014, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
Eligible IQR hospitals with an active IQR Notice of Participation are required to upload clinical data and complete the PC-01 submission using the Web-Based Measures data entry tool, through the QualityNet Secure Portal (https://cportal.qualitynet.org/QNet/pgm_select.jsp). Hospitals that do not deliver babies must enter a zero (0) for the Perinatal Care Elective Delivery Measure (PC-01) each discharge quarter.
Please see the Quick Start Guide: Entering Perinatal (PC-01) Data into the New Secure Portal (http://www.qualityreportingcenter.com/resources/resources/iqr/) for further details.
HAI data submission is completed through the National Health & Safety Network (NHSN) application found at http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/login.html. If your facility does not meet the criteria necessary for having to report the HAI data or has not renewed its HAI Exception status within the past year, please complete the HAI Exception form found at http://qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=QnetPublic%2FPage%2FQnetTier2&cid=1228760487021 and submit through the QualityNet Secure Portal.
To verify the status of your clinical data submission, you may run your Provider Participation Report, Case Status Summary Report, and other applicable reports. To verify the status of your PC-01 submission, you may run your Provider Participation Report or check your Inpatient Web-Based Measures summary screen.
Please see the Quick Start Guide: Accessing and Using Your Provider Participation Report (http://www.qualityreportingcenter.com/resources/resources/iqr/) for further details.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages all participating hospitals to submit data at least two days prior to the deadline to allow time to address any submission issues.
