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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the removal of three eCQMs for the 2024 performance period for Eligible Clinicians in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program: CMS161: Adjust Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk AssessmentCMS147:… Posted on
The 2023 Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List and an Overview of the 2023 MUC List are available on the Measures Management System (MMS) Hub.Highlights from the 2023 MUC List include: A total of 42 measures, including 18 new measures not currently used in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… Posted on
A new Outcomes page for Hybrid measures is now available in the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System. The Outcomes page will display core clinical data elements (CCDE) data elements for Hybrid measures.The eCQM permission for Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) is required to access the Outcomes… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an update to the 2024 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG) and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician Programs based on the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule published on… Posted on
The upcoming HL7 FHIR® Virtual Connectathon is taking place January 16-18, 2024. The CMS eCQM Standards Team will continue to participate in the Clinical Reasoning Track with a focus on Quality Measurement and Clinical Decision Support Use Cases and are seeking participants to fulfill roles in… Posted on
Registration Open - Expert to Expert Series - Severe Hyper- and Hypo-Glycemia eCQMs2024 Annual Update Webinar - December 7, 2023 Series Description The Expert to Expert webinar series provides a deep-dive into measure intent, logic, and other clinical/technical aspects of eCQMs to assist… Posted on
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policy changes for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2024 Performance Year (PY) and beyond. This rule will be published on November 16 in the Federal… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program that they are required to report on a total of four electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) in… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces the availability of the 2023 Change Review Process (CRP) for electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The CRP provides eCQM users the opportunity to review and comment on draft changes to the eCQM specifications and supporting… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the addition of two eCQMs for the 2024 reporting period for Eligible Hospital / Critical Access Hospital eCQMs: CMS529v4: Core Clinical Data Elements for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) Measure with Claims and… Posted on