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New to eCQMs? Learn the basics about eCQMs, development, certification, and resources to get started.
Educational resources available for eCQMs and eCQI, Tools, CQL, FHIR, QDM, and QRDA.
Key standards for the electronic transmission of health information used to support eCQMs.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Measures Under Consideration Entry/Review Information Tool (MERIT) is the online tool used to submit quality and efficiency measures for consideration by CMS Medicare programs. Measure developers and stewards use MERIT to enter and submit…
Posted onThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to attend the Cooking with Clinical Quality Language (CQL), Quality Data Model (QDM), and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) webinar. The webinar series provides an interactive environment for measure developers.…
Posted onThe Quality Data Implementation (QDI) user group reviews standards and data models used to express quality measures. As CMS quality measurement transitions to the use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards, the group has increased its focus on FHIR-based models,…
Posted onThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the draft 2027 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample File for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The public comment period opens March 4, 2026 and closes on…
Posted onJoin CMS on March 24 from 2 - 3 p.m. (ET) for the webinar: “2026 Pre-Rulemaking Webinar: Submission Impossible? Not with CMS MERIT!”
During the session, CMS will cover:
Measure selection considerations for the MUC ListAn overview of the pre-rulemaking processResources available on the… Posted on