A new age-friendly quality measure for hospitals begins in 2025. Hospitals that participate in Medicare’s Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program will be required to publicly report on how well hospitals address the factors that affect older adults’ health.
The measure is a focused-composite metric that evaluates hospitals’ commitment to providing high-quality care for older adults in various settings, such as the emergency department, operating room, and the hospital.
The quality measure evaluates hospitals on five domains, including: