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ONC recently released the 2026 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition. This year’s update incorporates the Federal FHIR®Action Plan, which informs federal investment in and adoption of the HL7®FHIR standard. Initially released in 2024, the action plan… Posted on
Facilities participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program should be aware of upcoming data submission deadlines:For the Quarter (Q)4 2025 reporting period (October 1, 2025 —December 31, 2025): Data for the clinical… Posted on
The 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, especially… Posted on
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 the… Posted on
The 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. The… Posted on
The 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, especially… Posted on
The 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 on
Join 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 MMS Hub Pre-… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document, which provides the versions of the standards and code systems used within the updated eCQMs for potential use in CMS quality… Posted on
The 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. The… Posted on