The 2027 Annual Update draft measure specifications are now available. Question and comment on Eligible Clinician eCQMs, Hospital - Inpatient eCQMs, and Hospital - Outpatient eCQM until December 19, 2025.
Several hospital-related quality measures have an associated short name. For example, Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis has the associated short name VTE-1. CMS and interested parties use the short name in documentation and it is often the term preferred by measure users.