Future Versions of the Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures
Version 3.1
Version 3.1a
Over time, it will be necessary to present more than one version of the manual on this web page so that a specific data collection time period (i.e., based on hospital discharge dates) can be associated with the applicable manual. This web page presents manual pages for future releases on the aligned manual.
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