Care Compare October Release of SNF QRP Data Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

The October 2022 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) data is now available on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC).

The data are based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from Quarter 1, 2021 through Quarter 4, 2021. The data for the claims-based measures will display data from Quarter 3, 2019 through Quarter 4, 2019 and Quarter 3, 2020 through Quarter 2, 2021 for this release, and for the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Requiring Hospitalization measure, Quarter 4, 2020 through Quarter 3, 2021.

Lastly, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measure (COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel (HCP)) will be publicly reported on Care Compare and PDC beginning with the October 2022 release. The data for the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among HCP measure will display data submitted for Quarter 4, 2021 for this release.

Please visitCare Compare and PDC to view the updated quality data. For questions about SNF QRP Public Reporting, please emailSNFQRPPRQuestions@cms.hhs.gov