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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted guidance on the allowance of telehealth encounters for the Eligible Professional and Eligible Clinician electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) used in CMS quality reporting programs for the 2020 and 2021 performance periods.… Jul 06, 2020
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has updated VSAC with the most recent provisional terminology codes published by Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), and SNOMED CT, in response to the… Jul 06, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program has selected the hospitals for the validation of electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) for Calendar Year (CY) 2019 (Fiscal Year [FY] 2022 payment determination). The CY 2019 quarters… Jul 02, 2020
The eCQM project will continue to focus on the testing of standards related to quality measurement in the upcoming Virtual HL7 FHIR Connectathon, September 9-11, 2020. As a result, we are seeking a variety of participants that include, but are not limited to: measure developers, EHR Vendors,… Jun 29, 2020
This Outreach and Education webinar, Measure Collaboration Workspace Series – eCQI Resource Center, Hybrid Measure, Measure Collaboration Workspace, and the CMS Measures Inventory Tool is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, 2020, for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Eligible Clinicians… Jun 29, 2020
The eCQM Data Element Repository (DERep) now includes information for 2021 reporting and performance periods. The eCQM DERep provides the data elements associated with eCQMs in CMS quality reporting programs, as well as the definitions for each data element. This information is intended to improve… Jun 09, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the 2021 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample File for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The 2021 CMS QRDA I IG outlines requirements for eligible hospitals… May 28, 2020
The draft 2021 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) and Schematron for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs are now available for public comment starting on May 21, 2020 and ending… May 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2021 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2021 performance period for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Clinicians. CMS… May 07, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update to the 2020 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG). The update provides information on a new COVID-19 Clinical Trials Improvement Activity for eligible clinicians for… Apr 30, 2020