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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
CMS has issued its CY 2027 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule, which includes proposed policies for QPP. The proposed rule includes proposals for MIPS and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) as well as several Requests for Information (RFIs). Key QPP proposals… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have published the 2027 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician programs.The 2027 CMS QRDA III IG outlines the requirements for eligible… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated value set guidance.Updates to Value Set ContentCMS has posted new value set guidance regarding additional considerations for Single Code Value Sets and CPT on the bottom half of the Value Set Guidance page.Find more information… Posted on
The next Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program webinar, A Review of Electronic Clinical Quality Measures, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).Join us as we discuss electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) details, specifications, and logic. We will… Posted on
Announcing the Display of the Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed RuleThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Payment System Proposed Rule was… Posted on
CMS’ Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now open for the mandatory submission of EHR-derived clinical data and linking variables for the fiscal year (FY) 2028 Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide (HWM) measure for the July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026,… Posted on
Version 5.19 of the Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures (Specifications Manual) is now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Specifications Manual is available on QualityNet under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. You… Posted on