LTCH Provider Preview Reports—Now Available

LTCH Provider Preview Reports—Now Available

Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. The data contained within the Preview Reports is based on quality data submitted by LTCHs between Quarter 4 – 2017 and Quarter 3 – 2018 and reflects what will be published on LTCH Compare during the September 2019 refresh of the website. Providers have until July 10, 2019 to review their performance data. Corrections to the underlying data will not be permitted during this time; however, providers can request CMS review of their data during the preview period if they believe the quality measure scores that are displayed within their Preview Reports are inaccurate. 

Beginning with the September 2019 refresh, CMS will publicly display measure results on the LTCH Compare website for the Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmissions measure adopted for the LTCH Quality Reporting Program (QRP). CMS decided not to publish this measure in late 2018 to allow more testing to ensure it provides a reliable, accurate picture of provider performance on quality, in line with CMS’s Meaningful Measures Initiative to address high-priority areas for quality measurement with measures that will help improve outcomes while minimizing provider burden. We have since completed this additional testing and have refined the method for assigning providers to performance categories, in which their performance level is compared to the national rate. LTCH performance data for these measures will be included for the first time on this preview report.

CMS is additionally previewing the Discharge to Community (DTC) measure for the first time, using updated methodology for assigning categorical ratings to each provider based on their performance on this measure (better than, same as, or worse than the national average).

LTCHs can access their preview report by logging in to iQIES at https://iqies.cms.gov/. At the main screen, select Reports; then ‘My Reports’.

For more information:

• The LTCH data referenced in the above messaging, we invite you to view the LTCH Quality Public Reporting webpage, LTCH Compare and/or Preview Report Access Instructions.
• Potentially Preventable Readmissions measures, we invite you to view our related Fact Sheet and Q & A documents on the LTCH QRP Public Reporting webpage, under the Downloads section.
• The newly updated methodology used to assign categorical ratings to providers with respect to their performance on the DTC measure, as referenced above, we invite you to view our related Fact Sheet and Q & A documents on the LTCH QRP Public Reporting webpage, under the Downloads section.