The Hospital OQR Program is a voluntary quality measure data reporting program for outpatient hospital services implemented by CMS. Hospitals that meet data reporting requirements during a given calendar year (CY) receive their full Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) annual payment update (APU), which is also called the market basket update, for the upcoming calendar year; those hospitals that do not participate or fail to meet these requirements may receive a 2 percent reduction of their APU.
OQR Program Submission Deadlines
Hospital OQR Existing and Proposed Measures
Hospital IQR—OQR Program Requirements
Comparison Between IQR—OQR Data Elements
Validation 2011 Overview Document
