QualityNet Overview

The QualityNet website is the most comprehensive resource regarding the complex (and routinely updated) specifications related to Medicare's hospital quality measures. The password-protected area of the site, My QualityNet, is used to submit and review individual hospital's data.

Below are links to pages within the QualityNet site. We also encourage you to browse the site on your own or e-mail specific questions to Sandra Romberger.

CMS Abstraction & Reporting Tool (CART)
Software installation and upgrades      Recorded training sessions

Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU)
Overview      Specification Manual

Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA)
Overview

Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP)
Overview

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
Overview

Mortality Measures
Overview