Quality measurement and reporting: regulatory and accreditation changes
This page collects dated changes on quality measurement and reporting: Federal Register rules and corrections that touch quality reporting programs, CMS data releases such as PEPPER, and accreditor items on measures. Each entry quotes or reports one sentence from the source, links to it, and adds the effective date or comment deadline when one is stated. Entries from accreditors whose terms limit reuse show title, date and link only. IHS builds quality improvement and quality management programs and prepares organizations for reviews that test them, so measure changes are part of the record IHS reads each day. The entries report what the authorities published. They do not interpret it, and the linked source is the original wording.
Related IHS services: Quality Improvement Program Build Consulting
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· Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals: Download Your Q2 FY 2026 PEPPER
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services states: “CMS released the second quarter FY 2026 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for short-term acute care hospitals.”
Related IHS services: ACHC Acute Care Hospital Accreditation Consulting
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· Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services states: “This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 3, 2026 Federal Register titled "Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program".”
Related IHS services: CARF Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Accreditation Consulting
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· Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services states: “This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 3, 2026 Federal Register titled "Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements".”
Related IHS services: ACHC Hospice Accreditation Consulting
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· Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Resources and Services Administration states: “HRSA is awarding supplemental funding under the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Program to one award recipient in fiscal year 2026 to advance efforts to improve health care and quality of care in rural areas by supporting quality measure implementation, data reporting, and the use of data to drive improvements in quality of care.”
Related IHS services: Quality Improvement Program Build Consulting
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