About Us - Quality Data Reporting

RHQDAPU Program Overview

The Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) initiative was initially developed as a result of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 and built on the ongoing voluntary Hospital Quality Initiative.

The initiative is intended to equip consumers with quality of care information to make more informed decisions about their health care, while encouraging hospitals and clinicians to improve the quality of inpatient care provided to all patients. The hospital quality of care information gathered through the initiative is available to consumers on the Hospital Compare Web site.