Common use of Quality Reporting Clause in Contracts

Quality Reporting. Sellers shall submit all quality data required by CMS under its Hospital Quality Initiative Program (the “HQI Program”) to CMS or its agent for any calendar quarter with reporting deadlines between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date. If a calendar quarter ends prior to the Closing Date, but the reporting deadline for such quarter ends after the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and submit the quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program in accordance with applicable filing deadlines and in the form and manner required by CMS or, at the sole option of Buyer, Sellers shall transmit such quality data to Buyer in a form mutually agreeable to Buyer and Sellers, to enable the Buyer to submit quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program for such quarter in the form and manner required by CMS. If the Closing Date falls between the first and last day of a calendar quarter, Sellers shall, to the extent reasonably required, cooperate with Buyer to ensure that all quality data required to be submitted for the Hospital under the HQI Program for the portion of the quarter during which Sellers owned the Hospital can be aggregated with the quality data for the portion of the quarter during which Buyer owned the Hospital, to enable the Buyer and/or the Sellers to submit quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program in accordance with applicable filing deadlines and in the form and manner required by CMS.

Quality Reporting. The Sellers shall submit all quality data required by CMS under its Hospital Quality Initiative Program (the “HQI Program”) to CMS or its agent agent, and all quality data required under ORYX Core Measure Performance Measurement System (“ORYX”) to The Joint Commission, for any calendar quarter with reporting deadlines between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date. If a calendar quarter ends prior to the Closing Date, but the reporting deadline for such quarter ends after the Closing Date, the Sellers shall prepare and submit the quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program and ORYX in accordance with applicable filing deadlines and in the form and manner required by CMS and The Joint Commission, respectively, or, at the sole option of Buyer, the Sellers shall transmit such quality data to Buyer in a form mutually agreeable to Buyer and Sellers, to enable the Buyer to submit quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program and ORYX for such quarter in the form and manner required by CMSCMS and The Joint Commission, respectively. If the Closing Date falls between the first and last day of a calendar quarter, the Sellers shall, to the extent reasonably required, cooperate with Buyer to ensure that all quality data required to be submitted for the Hospital under the HQI Program and ORYX for the portion of the quarter during which Sellers owned the Hospital can be aggregated with the quality data for the portion of the quarter during which Buyer owned the Hospital, to enable the Buyer and/or the Sellers to submit quality data for the Hospital required under the HQI Program and ORYX in accordance with applicable filing deadlines and in the form and manner required by CMSCMS and The Joint Commission, respectively.