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CMS recently posted new and updated resources around Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the APM Performance Pathway (APP), a reporting and scoring pathway for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participate in MIPS APMs. The following new and updated resources… Posted on
Four prizes of $25,000 each will be awarded to winning contestants in a new challenge competition designed to solicit ideas on advancing the functionality, value and accessibility of AHRQ’s CDS Connect platform. The goal of the new challenge is to strengthen the ways in which industry, government… Posted on
The public is invited to virtually participate in the upcoming Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) Measure Set Review (MSR) Recommendation Group Measure Review Meeting on October 17, 2023. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to discussions and provide comments through the virtual… Posted on
Now Available: "Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age," published as a featured supplement in the American Journal of Medical Quality.The supplement is open access and includesa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leadership commentary from Dr. Rebecca Bunnellan overview of the… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is notifying hospitals and vendors that the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System is now accepting electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data for the calendar year (CY) 2023 reporting period. The HQR System now accepts Quality Reporting… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and published the 2024 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows. The eCQM flows supplement eCQM specifications for the 2024 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals/Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2024 performance period for… Posted on
For hospitals participating in the 2024 voluntary reporting of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure and/or the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM) measure for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, the deadline to voluntarily… Posted on
The Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) is launching a new Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M) process for the upcoming Fall 2023 cycle. Submissions will open on September 1 and the Intent to Submit (ITS) deadline is October 2. Please note, beginning with the Fall 2023 cycle, testing… Posted on
As part of continuing education and outreach for electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) standards, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added topics to the Teach Me Clinical Quality Language (CQL) video series. The intent of the videos is to support healthcare quality… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted updates to the 2023 and 2024 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guides (IGs), Schematrons, and Sample Files for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The 2023 and 2024 CMS QRDA I IGs… Posted on