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Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP)

The Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) is a quality improvement activity under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) program of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).

The goal of MBQIP is to improve the quality of care provided in critical access hospitals (CAHs), by increasing quality data reporting by CAHs and then driving quality improvement activities based on the data. This project provides an opportunity for individual hospitals to look at their own data, measure their outcomes against other CAHs, and partner with other hospitals in the state around quality improvement initiatives to improve outcomes and provide the highest quality care to each and every one of their patients.

This toolkit provides an overview of the goals, expectations, and measures for MBQIP, as well as resources for reporting and quality improvement initiatives.

In This Toolkit

This list includes key resources for State Flex Programs implementing and supporting the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP).
This list includes quality improvement resources that can be used across a variety of project topic areas.
These resources provide information about how to submit Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) data and how to interpret data reports in order to inform quality improvement efforts.
These resources focus on quality improvement for care transitions.
Toolkit

Outpatient

These resources focus on quality improvement for outpatient hospital services, primarily those provided in the emergency department (ED).
These resources focus on quality improvement related to the patient experience.
These resources focus on quality improvement related to patient safety and inpatient care.
View answers to frequently asked MBQIP programmatic, reporting, and data questions.

MBQIP Monthly

MBQIP Monthly is a monthly e-newsletter that provides critical access hospitals (CAHs) with information and support for quality reporting and improvement and highlights current information about the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP)

This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB1RH24206, Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees, $1,560,000 (0% financed with nongovernmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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