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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
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a guidance update for the Quality Data Model (QDM) version 5.5. The referenced document clarifies some of the definitions and fixes minor errata noted in the document initially published to the eCQI Resource Center in August 2019… Apr 30, 2020
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has updated the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) with several additional provisional terminology codes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of 4/23/2020, the following standard terminologies (CPT®, LOINC®, and SNOMED CT®)… Apr 27, 2020
The Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles, and Profile system (HARP) is available for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). HARP is a secure streamlined ID management portal which allows you to access many HQR reporting systems using “One Login” functionality. If you have not… Apr 21, 2020
To support HHS’s ongoing response efforts to the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to direct the health IT community and healthcare providers to various resources for… Apr 09, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is supporting clinicians on the front lines by getting red tape out of the way so the healthcare delivery system can focus on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) response. CMS is implementing additional extreme and uncontrollable… Mar 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an updated version of the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document, which describes changes in the standards and code system versions used in the updated eCQMs for potential use in CMS… Mar 18, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update to the 2020 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Schematron and Sample File for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The Schematron provides technical instructions for reporting electronic clinical… Mar 13, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the draft 2021 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG) and Schematron for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) for public comment starting on March 5, 2020 and ending on April 1, 2020. The… Mar 05, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) engages measure developers, implementers, and end users in implementing Clinical Quality Language (CQL), Quality Data Model (QDM), and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards in the effort to harmonize standards between… Feb 26, 2020