This custom quarterly report for each AAMC-member teaching hospital displays their Medicare quality measure performance, compared to national and AAMC-member benchmarks. These measures are included in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP), and Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program. All measures in this report are recorded on the Hospital Care Compare website.
Release dates: February, May, August, and November, following CMS’s public release of Hospital Care Compare data.
AAMC members can use this report to:
- Track their hospital’s performance on quality metrics over time.
- Compare performance to national and AAMC-member benchmarks.
- Ensure that their hospital-specific data is being reported correctly.
- Track the appropriate quality metrics for each reporting and performance program.
Hospital Care Compare Benchmark Report Resources
- Navigating AAMC's Hospital Care Compare Benchmark Report (AAMC slide deck PDF, updated June 2026).
- Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating Methodology for Public Release in CY 2026 and Subsequent Years and Its Impact on AAMC-Member Teaching Hospitals (AAMC slide deck PDF, updated June 2026).