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For hospitals participating in the 2024 voluntary reporting of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure and/or the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM) measure for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, the deadline to voluntarily… Posted on

The Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) is launching a new Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M) process for the upcoming Fall 2023 cycle. Submissions will open on September 1 and the Intent to Submit (ITS) deadline is October 2. Please note, beginning with the Fall 2023 cycle, testing… Posted on

As part of continuing education and outreach for electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) standards, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added topics to the Teach Me Clinical Quality Language (CQL) video series. The intent of the videos is to support healthcare quality… Posted on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted updates to the 2023 and 2024 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guides (IGs), Schematrons, and Sample Files for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR).  The 2023 and 2024 CMS QRDA I IGs… Posted on

QUALITY DATA MODEL (QDM) CATEGORIES WITH RECOMMENDED CODE SYSTEMSThe Quality Data Model (QDM) Categories with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) Recommended Code Systems table provides guidance for the use of a recommended code… Posted on

The United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 4 (USCDI v4) was published last month. USCDI v4 includes 20 new data elements and one new data class, which advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s priorities of advancing equity, diversity, and access across all healthcare settings.The… Posted on

The annual comment period for the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) is open and will run until October 6, 2023. This is an opportunity for the public to provide comments, suggest revisions, and propose additions to the ISA before the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)… Posted on

The new Measure Outcomes Feedback Module for electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) submissions is now available in the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System. Admission and discharge dates have been added for each episode of care to specify which is receiving the measure outcome when there… Posted on

Submitting Voluntary Hybrid Measure Data, an On Demand webinar for participants in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, is now posted to the Events On Demand tab of the Quality Reporting Center.  This presentation provides the reporting requirements and Hospital Quality… Posted on

Last Chance to Participate in Endorsement & Maintenance (E&M) and Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) this Cycle Battelle has extended the nomination period to join E&M and PRMR committees to 11:59 p.m. (ET) on August 14. Individuals and organizations may nominate themselves or others… Posted on