MHA Shares Compliance Guide For CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a new Age-Friendly Hospital Measure as part of the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. Beginning with the 2025 reporting period, hospitals participating in IQR are required to attest annually to whether they have processes in place to support patient-centered care for adults age 65 and older.
Age-friendly measures are designed to help hospitals deliver safer, more reliable care for older adults by aligning treatment with what matters to patients, improving medication management, and addressing risks such as frailty, delirium, falls and social vulnerability.
The Missouri Hospital Association developed the “CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure: Compliance Guide,” in which hospitals can review the measure domains, suggested ways to meet the measure as well as quick tips for implementation.
The Missouri Hospital Association is a nonprofit association in Jefferson City that represents 136 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public about health care issues.