Hospital Reporting Calendar

November 21, 2008
Revised deadline: 2Q08 Clinical Data

December 15, 2008
Completion of 1Q08 validation results postings

December 18, 2008
CMS Listening Session: Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Inpatient Settings
CMS is soliciting informal comments on hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and hospital outpatient healthcare-associated conditions (HOP–HACs) in preparation for the prospective payment rulemaking processes.
Online registration

December 18, 2008
Hospital Compare update to include 1Q08 discharges

Measure Changes Effective January 1, 2009
Retired measures

PN-1 Oxygenation Assessment

PN-5b Initial Antibiotic Received within 4 hours of Hospital Arrival 

The measure will be calculated using the updated (and National Quality Forum endorsed) timing interval of 6 hours. Technical specifications have not changed, and hospitals will continue to submit the same data elements that are currently submitted. The last transmission of PN-5b data to the warehouse will contain 4Q08 data.

New measures required for APU

PN-5c for discharges as of 1/1/09

SCIP Card 2 data collection begins 1/1/09

January 14, 2009
3Q08 HCAHPS data submission deadline

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