QualityNet News

More News »

Structural Measures application available July 1

A new feature for use by hospitals and vendors in submitting Structural Measures data will be available July 1 on My QualityNet. Structural Measures data—required for hospitals participating in the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) program for Fiscal Year 2010—must be entered between July 1 and August 15, 2009.

The new QualityNet tool will allow hospitals and/or vendors to view and answer the measure question(s), based on their assigned QualityNet role. For help in using the new Structural Measures feature, see the online training or the appropriate Structural Measures User's Guide.

Full Article »

Headlines

About 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.

QualityNet is the only CMS-approved website for secure communications and healthcare quality data exchange between: quality improvement organizations (QIOs), hospitals, physician offices, nursing homes, end stage renal disease (ESRD) networks and facilities, and data vendors.

More »

QualityNet requires Internet Explorer with JavaScript enabled on it.

Steps to enable JavaScript in Internet Explorer
  1. Click on the Tools menu option at the top of the page.
  2. Select Internet Options from the drop-down menu.
  3. From the dialog box, choose the Security tab.
  4. Click on Custom Level.
  5. Set Active Scripting to Enable.
  6. Click OK to close the custom settings dialog.
  7. Click OK to close the Options dialog.