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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policies for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2026 performance year (PY) and beyond. This rule will be published on November 5,… Posted on
The 2026 ASTP Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC February 11-12, 2026. The Annual Meeting will include in-person education and plenary sessions and networking opportunities for the health IT community. The mainstage plenary sessions will also be available for viewing online. Stay tuned… Posted on
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now accepting electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data for the calendar year (CY) 2025 reporting period. The HQR system now accepts Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I test and production files using CY 2025 requirements.… Posted on
CMS is seeking feedback from individuals and organizations who submitted Payment Year (PY) 2024 data to the Quality Payment Program (QPP), including through Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs), Traditional MIPS, or other options. Your insights will help improve the… Posted on
Hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program that voluntarily report core clinical data elements and linking variables for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure data and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM) measure… Posted on
The CMS Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System is currently doing research on electronic measures. We are looking for quality staff/directors and IT staff who would be willing to talk about their experiences with data collection and submissions for the eCQMs. We are also interested in hearing your… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center has been updated to identify specific CMS programs and payment models associated with Eligible Clinician (EC) electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs).Starting with the 2023… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for measures proposed for inclusion in the 2027 reporting period for hospitals - outpatient. Measures will not be eligible for 2027 reporting unless and until they are… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and published the 2026 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows to the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center. The eCQM flows, found on the eCQM resources tabs, supplement Hospital - Inpatient and… Posted on
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on September 17, 2025, at 2 p.m. (ET) for the webinar “Measuring Malnutrition.” Malnutrition is a hidden epidemic affecting millions of hospitalized patients—and yet, it often goes undiagnosed and untreated. Register to attend.Meeting… Posted on