With the expansion of Hybrid measures to include Medicare Advantage patients for the July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 reporting period, what are hospitals to use in terms of HIC/MBI data as the linking variable for the Medicare Advantage patients? We do not have HIC or MBI numbers for these patients.  We have insurance plan numbers. At this time our July data reflects that we will not be able to meet the linking variable submission threshold for all of our hospitals.  

Please advise in order that we can work with our EHR partner to ensure that the correct linking variables are being mapped and displaying in our Hybrid reports.