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Now Available: New eCQM Resources, eCQM Strategy Project Outcomes Report, and CMS Measure Collaboration Workspace Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announce the availability of new electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) educational resources on the eCQI Resource Center, a summary of the eCQM Strategy project, and enhancements to the Measure Collaboration (MC) Workspace. New eCQM… Posted on

Understanding CQMs: How CMS is Modernizing its Approach to Digital Measurement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to extend an open invitation to the public to attend its upcoming webinar titled Understanding Clinical Quality Measures: How CMS is Modernizing its Approach to Digital Measurement. The webinar will provide an engaging and… Posted on

Now Available for Review: Draft QDM v5.6 Publication
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the DRAFT Quality Data Model (QDM) Version 5.6 for review. We update QDM periodically to support new requirements for electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The draft QDM v5.6 includes changes to the QDM v5.5 recommended… Posted on

Now Available: Cypress™ v6
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announce Cypress v6 with the fully integrated Cypress Validation Utility + Calculation Check (CVU+) is available as of July 24, 2020 to support 2015 Edition… Posted on

Webinar Recording and Feedback Opportunity Available: Advancing Technology for Quality Reporting at CMS - Burden Reduction and FHIR
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recorded a presentation on how the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR) standard can be used to advance technology to reduce quality reporting burden and increase interoperability for our healthcare community. This presentation… Posted on

Registration for the September Virtual HL7 FHIR® Connectathon is now open
Registration for the September Virtual HL7 FHIR® Connectathon is now open! The CMS eCQM Standards Team will continue to participate in the Clinical Reasoning Track with a focus on Quality Measurement and Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Use Cases. To learn more, visit the Clinical Reasoning Track… Posted on

Now Available: The 2021 CMS QRDA III Implementation Guide, Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs. The 2021 CMS QRDA III IG outlines requirements… Posted on

Measure Collaborative Workspace Series - Session #2 - Measure Collaboration Workspace, eCQM Flows, and Clinical Flow Prototype
This Outreach and Education webinar, Measure Collaborative Workspace Series - Measure Collaboration Workspace, eCQM Flows, and Clinical Flow Prototype, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, 2020, for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals… Posted on

Guidance on Allowance of Telehealth Encounters in eCQMs Now Available
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.… Posted on

Updated COVID-19 Provisional Codes in VSAC
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… Posted on