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Psychiatric Care Quality Data Posted to CMS' Hospital Compare Site

On 4/17/2014, CMS for the first time posted quality data from the Medicare's Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program to the agency's Hospital Compare website, Modern Healthcare reports (Frank, Modern Healthcare, 4/17).
CMS' Hospital Compare website now includes quality data on inpatient psychiatric facilities. The new data include information on how many hours patients spent in physical restraint and seclusion, as well as the facilities' follow-up care plans. Modern Healthcare, AHA News.

CMS said the Hospital Compare site now will include data on four quality measures collected from 1,753 inpatient psychiatric facilities from Oct. 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013. The data include the:

Hours patients spent in physical restraint and seclusion; and
Percentage of cases for which facilities created post-discharge continuing-care regimens and delivered such plans to the provider responsible for the next step of care.

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