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E-mail Notifications: 2012
Hospitals–Inpatient
The following e-mail notifications regarding the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program have been issued to those registered for the notifications.
| Reference Number | Date | Subject |
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| 2012-89-IP | 12/28/12 | HR 3.0 Release |
| 2012-88-IP | 12/28/12 | Update to Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program FY2014 Baseline Measures Report |
| 2012-87-IP | 12/21/12 | April 2013 Hospital Compare Preview Reports Now Available |
| 2012-86-IP | 12/20/12 | Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies Attachments:
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| 2012-85-IP | 12/14/12 | Release of Specifications Manual 4.2b for Collection of Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures |
| 2012-84-IP | 12/14/12 | December 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-83-IP | 12/12/12 | Hospitals to Submit Third Quarter 2012 HCAHPS Data by January 2, 2013 |
| 2012-82-IP | 12/05/12 | Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program FY2014 Baseline Measures Report Is Available Attachments:
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| 2012-81-IP | 12/04/12 | Re-release of September 2012 Dry Run Hospital-Specific Reports in an Accessible Format |
| 2012-80-IP | 11/28/12 | REVISED: Disaster Waiver for Hurricane Sandy |
| 2012-79-IP | 11/28/12 | Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and Improvement Reporting ListServe |
| 2012-78-IP | 11/26/12 | Hospital IQR Program National Provider Education Call Attachments:
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| 2012-77-IP | 11/19/12 | FY 2015 Validation of Healthcare-Associated Infection Measures Attachments:
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| 2012-76-IP | 11/16/12 | Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program 1Q12 Validation Medical Record Report Due Date |
| 2012-75-IP | 11/13/12 | REMINDER: Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Inpatient Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Actual Percentage Payment Summary Report Review and Correction Period |
| 2012-74-IP | 11/09/12 | Disaster Waiver for Hurricane Sandy |
| 2012-73-IP | 11/02/12 | Known Issues Updates for Hospital IQR and Hospital OQR Attachments:
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| 2012-72-IP | 10/31/12 | Actual Percentage Payment Summary Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Are Available Attachments:
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| 2012-71-IP | 10/31/12 | Release of Specifications Manual 4.2a for Collection of Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures |
| 2012-70-IP | 10/19/12 | Updated CLABSI Validation Blood Culture Template Attachments:
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| 2012-69-IP | 10/12/12 | October 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-68-IP | 09/26/12 | Known Issues Updates for Hospital IQR and Hospital OQR Attachments:
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| 2012-67-IP | 09/21/12 | Hospital-Specific Reports for Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Measure Data Now Available for Preview |
| 2012-66-IP | 09/20/12 | Important Dates for Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program |
| 2012-65-IP | 09/20/12 | Selection and Sampling of HAI Measures for Validation |
| 2012-64-IP | 09/20/12 | Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Actual Percentage Payment Summary Report: A National Provider Call - Register Now |
| 2012-63-IP | 09/15/12 | December 2012 Hospital Compare Preview Reports Now Available |
| 2012-62-IP | 09/13/12 | Upcoming Data Preview for Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Measure |
| 2012-61-IP | 09/12/12 | Hospitals to Submit Second Quarter 2012 HCAHPS Data by October 3, 2012 |
| 2012-60-IP | 09/06/12 | Reminder for September 2012 Dry Run National Provider Calls Registration |
| 2012-59-IP | 08/31/12 | Release of Hospital Reporting to support July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 Discharges/Encounters |
| 2012-58-IP | 08/30/12 | September 2012 Dry Run Announcement |
| 2012-57-IP | 08/21/12 | Fiscal Year 2013 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Confidence Interval Reports are Available |
| 2012-56-IP | 08/17/12 | September 2012 Dry Run Announcement |
| 2012-55-IP | 08/08/12 | Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Reporting Release for July 1, 2012-December 31, 2012 Discharges/Encounters Delayed |
| 2012-54-IP | 08/07/12 | Hospital Reporting Known Issues Updated |
| 2012-53-IP | 08/01/12 | Deadline Extension for Hospital IQR Program CLABSI Validation Blood Culture Template – August 8th |
| 2012-52-IP | 07/31/12 | Estimated Percentage Payment Summary Report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Now Available Attachments:
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| 2012-51-IP | 07/27/12 | CLABSI Blood Culture Template Clarifications |
| 2012-50-IP | 07/27/12 | August 1 Deadline Extensions for the: Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program |
| 2012-49-IP | 07/27/12 | Hospital IQR Known Issues Updated Attachments:
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| 2012-48-IP | 07/26/12 | Upcoming availability of the Estimated Percentage Payment Summary report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Hosptial Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program |
| 2012-47-IP | 07/30/12 | New Data File for the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Measure |
| 2012-46-IP | 07/20/12 | July 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-45-IP | 07/19/12 | Fix Release for Global Population and Sampling Files Attachments:
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| 2012-44-IP | 07/16/12 | Release of Abstraction Resource Paper Tools for Specifications Manual July 2012 for Collection of Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures |
| 2012-43-IP | 07/11/12 | Release of Specifications Manual 4.2 for Collection of Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures |
| 2012-42-IP | 07/10/12 | Hospital Reporting Release |
| 2012-41-IP | 07/10/12 | Important information related to Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program-Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 |
| 2012-40-IP | 07/10/12 | October 2012 Hospital Compare Preview Reports Now Available |
| 2012-39-IP | 07/10/12 | Reconsideration Reminder for Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Annual Payment Update - Fiscal Year 2013 |
| 2012-38-IP | 06/20/12 | Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program June 2012 Preview Period Reminder |
| 2012-37-IP | 06/13/12 | Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program June 2012 Preview Period Reminder |
| 2012-36-IP | 06/11/12 | Hospitals to Submit First Quarter 2012 HCAHPS Data by July 3, 2012 |
| 2012-35-IP | 06/06/12 | Updated Inpatient and Outpatient Known Issues |
| 2012-34-IP | 05/25/12 | May 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-33-IP | 05/17/12 | Exception Request Form for HAI Measures: CAUTI, CLABSI, and SSI |
| 2012-32-IP | 05/14/12 | Updated Inpatient and Outpatient Known Issues |
| 2012-31-IP | 05/01/12 | July 2012 Hospital Compare Preview Reports Now Available |
| 2012-30-IP | 05/01/12 | April 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-29-IP | 04/30/12 | Structural Measures/Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement Submission Deadline Reminder |
| 2012-28-IP | 04/20/12 | FY 2014 Hospital IQR Program 800 Hospitals Selected for Validation |
| 2012-27-IP | 04/18/12 | Updated Inpatient and Outpatient Known Issues |
| 2012-26-IP | 04/13/12 | Secure File Exchange and Search Issues Corrected |
| 2012-25-IP | 04/09/12 | MyQualityNet File Exchange and Search |
| 2012-24-IP | 04/06/12 | CART-Inpatient Version 4.11 Release |
| 2012-23-IP | 04/06/12 | HCAHPS Warehouse, Online Tool and Review and Correction Report Release |
| 2012-22-IP | 04/06/12 | FY 2014 Validation of the Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) measure Attachments:
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| 2012-21-IP | 04/02/12 | Inpatient Structural Measures and Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement Submissions for Fiscal Year 2013 |
| 2012-20-IP | 03/30/12 | Inpatient Hospital Reporting 1.0 System Release - Known Issues Attachments:
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| 2012-19-IP | 03/30/12 | Hospital Reporting 1.0 System Release Attachments:
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| 2012-18-IP | 03/29/12 | APU Dashboard Unavailable |
| 2012-17-IP | 03/20/12 | Hospitals to Submit Fourth Quarter 2011 HCAHPS Data by April 4, 2012 |
| 2012-16-IP | 03/13/12 | April 2012 Hospital Compare Preview Reports Now Available Attachments:
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| 2012-15-IP | 03/09/12 | Correction to Hospital Inpatient Specifications Manual Version 4.1, Appendix A |
| 2012-14-IP | 02/08/12 | ICU Location Waiver for CAUTI/CLABSI Requirement Waiver |
| 2012-13-IP | 02/03/12 | HCAHPS Known Issues 3Q11 Discharges |
| 2012-12-IP | 02/01/12 | Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Hospital-Specific Reports |
| 2012-11-IP | 01/26/12 | January 2012 Hospital Compare Update |
| 2012-10-IP | 01/24/12 | CMS to Pilot Voluntary Surgical Quality Reporting for Hospital Compare Using ACS NSQIP Registry Data |
| 2012-09-IP | 01/20/12 | APU Dashboard Now Available |
| 2012-08-IP | 01/19/12 | Inpatient Hospital Reporting Question and Answer |
| 2012-07-IP | 01/18/12 | Upcoming Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary 2011 Hospital-Specific Reports and Supporting Information |
| 2012-06-IP | 01/13/12 | Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Change in Validation Medical Record Request Response Deadline |
| 2012-05-IP | 01/12/12 | Inpatient Hospital Reporting and Quality Improvement Organizations Question and Answer System 1.0 Release |
| 2012-04-IP | 01/10/12 | HCAHPS Review and Correction Report Issues Resolved and Deadline Extended |
| 2012-03-IP | 01/06/12 | HCAHPS Warehouse, Online Tool, and Review and Correction Report Release |
| 2012-02-IP | 01/06/12 | QualityNet Quest unavailable beginning Friday 1/6/2012 |
| 2012-01-IP | 01/05/12 | Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Reporting Release for January 1, 2012-June 30, 2012 Discharges/Encounters Delayed |