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2024 Reporting Period Eligible Hospital / Critical Access Hospital Resources for eCQMs

eCQM Resources	Short Description	Published
Implementation Checklist eCQM Annual Update	Implementation checklist	May 2023
Guide for Reading eCQMs v9.0	Assists implementers and measured entities with information on how to read eCQM specifications	May 2023
Hospital Quality Reporting Table of eCQMs	List of eCQMs available for use	May 2023
eCQM Specifications for Hospital Quality Reporting	eCQM technical specifications	May 2023
Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) Global Common Library (GCL) Technical Specifications	MAT-CGL specifications	May 2023
eCQM and Hybrid Measure Value Sets	Value sets used with eCQMs and Hybrid Measures	May 2023
eCQM Direct Reference Codes List	eCQM Direct Reference Codes used in eCQMs	May 2023
Binding Parameter Specification (BPS)	Value set metadata	May 2023
eCQM Logic and Implementation Guidance v7.0	Assists implementers and measured entities with how to use eCQMs and report issues	May 2023
Standards and tool versions used for reporting/performance period	Tools and standards versions measure developers used to create eCQMs and versions of standards and tools used for their reporting	Mar 2023
Technical Release Notes	Year over year changes to eCQMs, including logic and terminology	May 2023
Technical Release Notes	Year over year changes to eCQMs, including logic and terminology	May 2023
eCQM Flows	Assists implementers and measured entities with steps to take to calculate an eCQM	Aug 2023
2024 CMS QRDA I Implementation Guide for Hospital Quality Reporting	Format for reporting eCQMs to CMS	Aug 2023
2024 CMS QRDA I Schematrons and Sample Files	Rules to validate eCQM reports with samples	Aug 2023
eCQM Annual Update Pre-Publication Document	Standards and code system versions for the eCQM Annual Update	Feb 2023

2024 Reporting Period Eligible Hospital / Critical Access Hospital eCQMs
Total number of EH/CAH eCQMs: 12

Title	Short Name	CMS eCQM ID	NQF Number	Notes
Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter	STK-3	CMS71v13	Not Applicable
Antithrombotic Therapy By End of Hospital Day 2	STK-5	CMS72v12	Not Applicable
Cesarean Birth	PC-02	CMS334v5	0471e
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy	STK-2	CMS104v12	Not Applicable
Global Malnutrition Composite Score	GMCS	CMS986v2	3592e	There is a known issue on CMS986v2. See issue EKI-21 on the ONC eCQM Known Issues Dashboard for details.
Hospital Harm - Opioid-Related Adverse Events	HH-ORAE	CMS819v2	3501e
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia	HH-Hyper	CMS871v3	3533e
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia	HH-Hypo	CMS816v3	3503e
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis	VTE-2	CMS190v12	Not Applicable
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing	N/A	CMS506v6	3316e
Severe Obstetric Complications	PC-07	CMS1028v2	Not Applicable	*This is a risk adjusted measure. Risk Adjustment Methodology Report: Severe Obstetric Complications Methodology Report
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis	VTE-1	CMS108v12	Not Applicable

Each year, CMS updates the electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) for potential use in CMS quality reporting programs and publishes them on the eCQI Resource Center. CMS updates the specifications annually to align with current clinical guidelines and code systems so they remain relevant and actionable within the clinical care setting. CMS requires the use of the most current version of the eCQMs as specified and intended for the applicable reporting periods for all quality reporting programs.

The updated eCQMs are to be used by eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to electronically report 2024 clinical quality measure data for CMS quality reporting programs. Measures will not be eligible for 2024 reporting unless and until they are proposed and finalized through notice-and-comment rulemaking for each applicable program.

Questions related to the eCQM specifications, logic, data elements, standards, or resources can be submitted in the eCQM Tracker - ONC Project Tracking System (Jira).