The Updated 2020 CMS QRDA I IG, Schematron, and Sample File for Hospital Quality Reporting Are Now Available.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated and republished the 2020 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG),…

The Call for Public Comment period for Measuring Outcomes in Orthopedics Routinely (MOOR) opened on December 2, 2019 and closes on December 31, 2019.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided funding to Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Center for Patient Safety,…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an update to the 2020 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals along with the Schematron and Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC+)…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the list of Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) that are fully specified and are available to be used for the 2020 performance period in the Quality Payment Program, which were finalized in the Medicare Physician Fee…

Correction for the General Header Example in the 2019 CMS QRDA I IG for Hospital Quality Reporting The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has corrected two typos in the 2019 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG) Figure 5: General…