Arizona Hospital Inpatient Quality Data Reporting:
Data Collection, Reporting, and Validation Changes

HSAG assists Arizona hospitals with the data-related activities of the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) and Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) programs. This is accomplished through three primary activities: assessing data collection capabilities; assisting with data collection by providing education, resources, technical assistance, and tools; and serving as a liaison in the data validation appeal process.

Resources for hospital abstraction, submission, reporting, and validation that allow hospitals to publicly report the core sets of inpatient process measures are listed below:

• Hospital Quality Alliance
• Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
• Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Indicators
• Mortality Measures
• Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)
• Readmission Measures
• Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQI)
• Healthcare Associated Infections (CLABSI)
• Hospital Registration
• Specifications Manual
• Data Submission
• Data Validation
• Vendor Communications
• Training