Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmissions

Here you will find resources and information regarding the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmissions Measure including: Measure Information, Measure Specifications and Data Elements, a Submission Guide, a CMS tutorial video, an overview of Hybrid Measures, and the CMS QRDA Implementation Guide.

This link will take you to an overview of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) measure. It provides a description of the measure and information regarding measure scoring, stratification, risk adjustment, the rationale, guidance, the initial population and more.
Access Measure Information here.

Here you will find the Specifications and Value Sets to be used with the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure.
Access Measure Specifications and Data Elements here.

This RQITA Data Submission Guide provides detailed instructions on how to collect and submit data for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure. It includes measure details, linked trainings and step-by-step data submission instructions for the measure.
Access Data Submission Guide for Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmissions here.

This resource will direct you to a video from CMS that gives a quick tutorial on how to submit hybrid measures and view outcomes.
Access How To Submit Hybrid Measures and View Outcomes resource here.

This Quality Net resource provides an overview of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission and Hospital-Wide Mortality Measures. It also discusses voluntary and mandatory reporting of hybrid measures and provides access to resources for further information regarding the measures.
Access Hybrid Measure Overview here.

Here you will find information regarding the data submission standard, Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA), used to report quality measures to regulatory agencies, payers and quality improvement organizations.
Access CMS Implementation Guide for QRDA 1 Implementation Guide here. See chapter 6 for core clinical data elements submission.