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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) 2024 reporting period. The HQR System now accepts Quality Reporting… Posted on
Find information about a known issue on the Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) eCQM table: Appropriate Treatment for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients in the Emergency Department (ED) (CMS0996v4). Posted on
For all hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program: the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM) measure data submission deadline is Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.… Posted on
The 2024 ASTP Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC on Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5. Join us for two days of conversation, learning, and networking as we reflect on the past 20 years and look ahead to the future of better health enabled by health IT. For those who are… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and published the 2025 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows. The eCQM flows supplement eCQM specifications for the 2025 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals/Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2025 performance period for… 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 three topics to the Teach Me Clinical Quality Language (CQL) video series. The intent of the videos is to support healthcare… Posted on
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently announced the release of the Draft USCDI+ Quality V1 data element list for public comment on the USCDI+ Platform. The latest version of USCDI+ Quality continues to build upon electronic data reporting needs for quality measures.… Posted on
The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) publication and downloadable files for the release of the HL7 Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) 3.0 value sets, authored by the HL7 US Realm Program Management Steward group and sponsored… Posted on
The HL7® FHIR® Connectathon is taking place September 21-22, 2024, in-person, in Atlanta, GA. There is a fee to attend the HL7 FHIR Connectathon and early-bird registration is available through August 30th.Working/Planning SessionsThe CMS eCQM Standards Team will continue the testing of FHIR-based… Posted on
On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to update fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS).The FY 2025… Posted on