The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires an eligible clinician, eligible hospital (EH), or critical access hospital (CAH) to use the appropriate version of the eCQMs for the designated reporting/performance period for quality reporting programs using eCQMs.
The Preparation and Implementation Checklists assume a health care practice/organization has determined on which measures to report. They provide the necessary technical steps health information technology (IT) developers, implementers, and health care organizations must take to update their systems and processes with the eCQM Annual Update for the upcoming reporting and performance periods. Please check the eCQM Standards and Tools Versions table for which version of the measure you should use for a specific reporting/performance period.