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CMS invites hospitals and health systems, EHR and health IT vendors, quality reporting vendors, FHIR implementers, and other interested organizations to participate in the HQR End-to-End Submission testing track at the upcoming HL7 FHIR Connectathon, taking place in person September 19–20, 2026, in… Posted on
Hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program are required to report EHR-derived clinical data and linking variables for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide (HWM) measure by the submission deadline on Thursday, October 1, 2026,… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a formal electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) addendum process for eCQMs used in the hospital - inpatient, hospital - outpatient, and eligible clinician quality reporting programs. This process will support the… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and published the 2027 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows to the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center. The eCQM flows, found on the eCQM Resources tab, supplement Hospital - Inpatient… Posted on
On August 4, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to update fiscal year (FY) 2027 Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS).The FY 2027… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Data Element Repository (DERep) for the calendar year (CY) 2027 reporting and performance periods.The eCQM DERep provides detailed information about the data elements used in eCQMs that… Posted on
Calling EHR Vendors, Clinical Implementation Leaders & Measure Developers!The Quality Data Implementation (QDI) User Group reviews and discusses standards and data models used to express quality measures. As CMS quality measurement transitions to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR… Posted on
USCDI v7 introduces 31 new data elements and two new data classes. This version strengthens support for patient safety, nutrition care, and administrative burden reduction in alignment with national health and wellness priorities to Make America Healthy Again.The accompanying Standards Bulletin 26-… Posted on
The next Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program webinar, Reviewing the Proposed Rule for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR), Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Quality Reporting, and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Quality Reporting Programs, is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5,… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET to provide an overview of the proposed QPP policies for the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Topic: Overview of the 2027 Quality Payment… Posted on