Hospital Quality Reporting System (HQR) Bridge Limited Source Justification

CMS procures agile software development services to maintain and enhance the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system. The HQR system maintainer is responsible for all operations and maintenance (O&M) of the HQR system, ensuring it remains current with evolving user experience requirements, data integration capabilities, and quality reporting program changes. The HQR system underpins CMS's statutory obligation to Section 1886(d)(1)(b) and Section 1862(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act that requires CMS to issue accurate and timely payments and penalties to Medicare-participating providers across ten (10) individual hospital quality reporting programs.