Proposed Updates to the 2022 Hospital PI Program

On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule that includes updates to annual hospital payment rates and inpatient pay-for-performance programs. The 2022 IPPS proposed rule also updates policies for the Medicare hospital Promoting Interoperability (PI) and Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) programs, including electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting requirements.