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THE ACCESS · WHEN IS EVERYTHING DUE?

The Regulatory Year-Wheel

The major recurring federal clocks a certified facility answers to, laid on one calendar: the quarterly NHSN windows, the monthly EQRS closures, and the annual 2744—which opens in EQRS in late January and finalizes on the Network’s local clock, the one major cycle with no national deadline.

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A fixed deadline—the date is set
An approximate deadline—rule-cycle timing that moves year to year; verify before relying on it
A monthly cycle—the dashed inner rings; it comes due every month, all year
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The drawing in words

  1. CMS-2744—opens in EQRS in late January; the finalize date is Network-local. Approximate. This is the only major cycle on the wheel with no national deadline. [1]
  2. NHSN Q4—due March 31. Fixed. [2]
  3. NHSN Q1—due June 30. Fixed. [2]
  4. Network annual report to CMS—July 1. Fixed. [3]
  5. QIP preview window—about 30 days, in the summer. Approximate. [4 · VIA SECONDARY SOURCE]
  6. NHSN Q2—due September 30. Fixed. [2]
  7. ESRD PPS final rule—about November; effective January 1. Approximate. [5]
  8. USRDS Annual Data Report—about the fall; the 2025 report landed December 10. Approximate. [6]
  9. QIP public reporting—about December. Approximate. [4 · VIA SECONDARY SOURCE]
  10. NHSN Q3—due December 31. Fixed. [2]
  11. Monthly cycle: EQRS clinical closure—opens the 1st, closes about two months after month-end. [1]
  12. Monthly cycle: 72x claims to the MAC—the monthly billing run. [7 · VIA SECONDARY SOURCE]
  13. Monthly cycle: QAPI monitoring, Kt/V at least monthly (42 CFR 494.110, 494.90). [8]
  14. The approximate anchors are rule-cycle timing, not statutory dates. Verify each against its primary source before relying on it.

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