Hospital Data Collection and Reporting
TMF can assist hospitals with the process of data collection and submission to the QIO clinical data warehouse through My QualityNet using the CMS Abstraction & Reporting Tool (CART). Hospitals may also use a Joint Commission vendor for public reporting of core measures data for the Annual Payment Update.
QualityNet
Established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), QualityNet provides healthcare quality improvement news, resources, and data reporting tools and applications used by healthcare providers and others.
CART
The CMS Abstraction & Reporting Tool (CART) is data collection software that providers can use to collect core measure data for submission to QualityNet.
HCAHPS
The intent of the Hospital-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) initiative is to provide a standardized survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring patients' perspectives on hospital care. HCAHPS data is reported on the Hospital Compare Web site.
30-Day Mortality Measures
To improve the quality of our nation’s hospitals, CMS developed health outcome measures for all hospitals. The risk-standardized, 30-day mortality measures are currently reported for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) and pneumonia (PN).
Data Reporting Resources
Data Abstraction Resource Guide
The information in the following documents describes how hospitals, paid by Medicare under the acute-care inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), can receive their full Medicare Annual Payment Update in accordance with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
Revised Quest Responses
QualityNet Quest is the questions and answers database for MedQIC. View a list of all Quest responses revised during the months below. To view a complete revised response, go to the Quest website and enter the ID number.
Contact Information
General e-mail box: datahelpdesk@tmf.org
Marianne Lundgren, RHIA, CCS
Hospital Payment Monitoring Program Specialist
1-866-439-0863, ext. 684
512-334-1684 Direct
mlundgren@txqio.sdps.org
Sherri Gagner
Data Reporting Consultant
1-866-439-0863, ext. 717
512-334-1717 Direct
sgagner@txqio.sdps.org