What is the IQR Program?
The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program is a quality reporting program established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. It aims to incentivize hospitals to report various quality measures to CMS. Although technically voluntary, hospitals that do not meet the program's requirements face a 25% reduction to their annual Market Basket Update (MBU), making participation practically mandatory for financial sustainability.
The program's primary goal is to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by ensuring hospitals meet specific quality reporting requirements and penalizing those that do not. The quality measures reported under the IQR Program are publicly available on Care Compare, aiding consumers in making informed healthcare decisions.
How Can Medisolv’s IQR Solution Help You Improve Your Patient Safety & Quality of Care?
Medisolv Hospital Quality Reporting Package is the complete solution for meeting your hospital quality reporting requirements for CMS and The Joint Commission.
- Includes all Medisolv-supported measures within the CMS IQR, OQR, IPFQR and TJC’s ORYX® programs.
- Access to all active eCQMs, Hybrid, SDOH, PRO-PM, and Abstracted measures, plus early access to future CMS-mandated measures.
- Full submission services: Our proactive approach to submission deadlines ensures timely submissions, and our full submission services to CMS and TJC reduce the burden for your Quality team.
- Automatic data stratification by race, ethnicity, gender, and payer
- Timely EHR data refresh for near real-time insights to make informed decisions
