Hospitals that deliver babies will soon have to tell Medicare not just that they belong to a maternal safety network, but which one. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized the change on July 31 as part of its annual inpatient payment rule.
The update applies to the Maternal Morbidity Structural measure inside the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, and it takes effect beginning with the fiscal year 2028 payment determination. According to the CMS fact sheet, hospitals will need to "identify which perinatal quality collaborative the hospital participates in."
