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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is excited to continue an ONC New Year tradition with the release of the 2023 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition! The ISA is ONC’s annually updated catalog of curated standards and implementation… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites vendors and implementers to review and provide feedback on supporting resources for the upcoming electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) annual update publication for 2024 reporting. Vendors and implementers are invited to review and… Posted on
Join The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Mathematica for an Expert to Expert webinar on January 24 which addresses the Hyper- and Hypo-Glycemia eCQM Annual Updates for 2023 eCQM implementation. Common questions from JIRA and other sources will be addressed. CEs… Posted on
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC), with support from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is pleased to announce the launch of several new functionalities within VSAC.
VSAC Comparison Tool
The Comparison Tool allows you to compare many… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an update to the 2023 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician Programs based on the CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule… Posted on
Join The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mathematica and other measure stewards for upcoming Expert to Expert webinars, which address the eCQM Annual Updates for 2023 eCQM implementation. Common questions from JIRA and other sources will be addressed. CEs are offered… Posted on
The QDM User Group is expanding scope and changing its name to accommodate the wider breadth of data models and standards available for expressing quality measures. With the coming move to FHIR standards for quality measurement, the group has seen an increase in discussion around the use of… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has amended the file-naming contained within the individual measure specification package for CMS334v4: Cesarean Birth for the 2023 reporting period for Eligible Hospital and Critical Access Hospital programs.
The eCQM Specifications for… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the removal of two eCQMs for the 2023 performance period for Eligible Clinicians in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program: CMS66v11: Functional Status Assessment for Total Knee Replacement and CMS134v11: Diabetes… Posted on
An announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):
As of November 3, the HQR System has been updated and is no longer validating units within the PQ data type.
This impacts the following electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs):
VTE-1
VTE-2
STK-5
As we… Posted on