Tools and Resources
- Hospital IQR Program Measures for FY 2027
- Fiscal Year 2027 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program Guide
- Summary of FY 2025 Final Rule Program Changes
- CY 2025/FY 2027 Hospital IQR Program Reporting Program Reporting Quarters
- Acute Care Hospital Quality Improvement Program Measures FY 2027
- FY2027 NHSN Checklist
- IQR_Q1 2025 Checklist
General Tutorials
- Calculate Achievement Points and Improvement Points for Each Measure
- How to Locate, Submit, and Complete and Extraordinary Circumstances Exception (ECE) form
- How to complete and submit a contact change form
- How to Register for Program ListServes
- Calendar Year (CY) versus Fiscal Year (FY) (PowerPoint and Quiz)
eCQM - eCQI Resource Center
Care Compare Preview Documents for July 2025
Inpatient Public Reporting Preview Quick Reference Guide
Combined Public Reporting Help Guide
Request Form for Withholding/Footnoting Data for Public Reporting
CMS offers a process for hospitals to request and for CMS to grant exceptions with respect to the reporting of required quality data when there are extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the hospital, using the ECE request form provided below. For further information related to eCQMs, please reference the Questions and Answers document below.
- ECE Request Form (April 2025)
- Extraordinary Circumstances Exceptions Quick Reference (Updated April 2025)
- eCQM ECE Policy Clarification Questions and Answers (Updated: 03/10/2017)
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