Press "Enter" to skip to content

October 2022 Quarterly Hospital Quality Data Refresh on Medicare Care Compare

Share this:

The following is a summary of the latest quarterly data update on Medicare Care Compare – Hospitals, data updated October 26 2022.

1. HCAPHS: (29 measures) reporting data through 21Q1_21Q4 (data updated quarterly)

2. Timely & effective care: Sepsis care (1 measure)
1 measure (SEP-1) reporting data 21Q1_21Q4 (data updated quarterly)

3. Timely & effective care: Cataract surgery outcome (1 measure)
1 measure (OP-31) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)

4. Timely & effective care – Colonoscopy follow-up (1 measure)
1 measure (OP-29) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)

5. Timely & effective care: Heart Attack (2 measures)
2 measures (OP-3b, OP-2) data updated to report data through 21Q1_21Q4 (data updated quarterly)

6. Timely & effective care – Emergency Department (5 measures)

  • 2 measures (EDV, OP-22) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)
  • 3 measures (OP-18b, OP-18c, OP-23) data updated to report data through 21Q1_21Q4 (data updated quarterly)
    Note: 1 measure OP-18c (Average (median) time psychiatric or other mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit) data not posted on Hospital Compare, but available on data.medicare.gov

7. Timely & effective care – Preventive care (1 measure)
1 measure (IMM-3-FAC-ADHPCT) reporting data through 21Q4_22Q1 (data updated annually in October)

8. Timely & effective care – Pregnancy & delivery care (1 measure)
1 measure (PC-01) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated quarterly)

9. Timely and Effective Care – Use of medical imaging (3 measures)
3 measures (OP-8, OP-10, OP-13) reporting data through 20Q3_21Q2 (data updated annually in July)

10. Complications – Surgical complications (13 measures)

  • 1 measure (COMP-HIP-KNEE) reporting data through 18Q2_21Q1 (data updated annually in July)
  • 12 measures (PSI-90-SAFETY, PSI-3-ULCER, PSI-4-SURG-COMP, PSI-6-IAT-PTX, PSI-8-POST-HIP, PSI-9-POST-HEM, PSI-10-POST-KIDNEY, PSI-11-POST-RESP, PSI-12-POSTOP-PULMEMB-DVT, PSI-13-POST-SEPSIS, PSI-14-POSTOP-DEHIS, PSI-15-ACC-LAC) were not updated per CMS note – normal data update annually in July.

11. Complications & deaths – Infections (6 measures)
6 measures (HAI-1, HAI-2, HAI-3, HAI-4, HAI-5, HAI-6) data updated to report data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated quarterly)

12. Unplanned Hospital Visits – including 30 day rates of readmission (14 measures)

  • 1 measure (OP-32) reporting data through 18Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)
  • 3 measures (OP-35-ADM, OP-35-ED, OP-36) reporting data through 20Q3_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)
  • 8 measures (READM-30-COPD, READM-30-AMI, READM-30-HF, READM-30-CABG, READM-30-HIP-KNEE, EDAC-30-AMI, EDAC-30-HF, EDAC-30-PN) reporting data through 18Q3_21Q2 (data updated annually in July).
  • 1 measure (READM-30-PN) (Data updated annually in July).
  • 1 measure (READM-30-HOSP-WIDE) reporting data through 20Q3_21Q2 (data updated annually in July)

13. Complications & deaths – 30 day death rates (6 measures)

  • 5 measures (MORT-30-COPD, MORT-30-AMI, MORT-30-HF, MORT-30-STK, MORT-30-CABG), reporting data through 18Q3_21Q2 (data updated annually in July)
  • 1 measure (MORT-30-PN) (data updated annually in July)

14. Psychiatric unit services – Preventive care and screening (2 measures)
1 measure (SMD) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)
1 measure (IPFQR-IMM-2) reporting data through 20Q4_21Q1 (data updated annually in January)

15. Psychiatric unit services – Substance use treatment (8 measures)
8 measures (SUB-2, SUB-2A, SUB-3, SUB-3A, TOB-2, TOB-2A, TOB-3, TOB-3A) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)

16. Psychiatric unit services- Patient safety (2 measures)
2 measures (HBIPS-2, HBIPS-3) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)

17. Psychiatric unit services- Follow up care (5 measures)
3 measures (TR-1, TR-2, HBIPS-5) reporting data through 20Q1_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)
2 measures (FUH-30, FUH-7) reporting data through 19Q3_19Q4 (data updated annually in January)

18. Psychiatric unit services- Unplanned readmissions (1 measure)
1 measure (READM-30-IPF) reporting data through 18Q3_19Q4 (data updated annually in January)

19. Payment & value of care – Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (1 measure)
1 measure (MSPB-1) reporting data through 20Q3_20Q4 (data updated annually in January)

20. Payment & value of care – Payment Measures (4 measures)

  • 3 measures (PAYM_30_AMI, PAYM_30_HF, PAYM_30_PN) reporting data through 18Q3_21Q2 (data is updated annually in July)
  • 1 measure (PAYM-90-HIP-KNEE) reporting data through 18Q2_21Q1 (data updated annually in July)

Read more:

Share this: