Social drivers of health measures for hospital inpatient quality program (IQR) from final IPPS rule

In early August, CMS adopted the first-ever social risk quality measures as part of the final FY23 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule. The two social risk measures, which are part of the pay-for-reporting Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, include ‘Screening for Social Drivers of Health’—the percent of patients screened for food, housing, transportation, utility, and interpersonal safety needs, and ‘Screen Positive Rate for Social Drivers of Health'—the percent screening positive among those screened. Reporting of these measures is optional for CY 2023 and required starting in CY 2024. This document includes the measure specification information from the final rule.