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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2025 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The 2025 CMS QRDA I IG outlines requirements for eligible… Posted on
Thursday, May 16, 2024 2:00 p.m. Eastern TimeAgendaThe event provides an overview of the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/ Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) proposed rule as it relates to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program… Posted on
Version 1.1 of the eCQM Annual Update Implementation User Guide is now available. The User Guide corresponds to the steps outlined in the Implementation Checklist, and includes screenshots to illustrate step-by-step instructions for registering with recommended systems, such as the… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2025 performance/reporting period for: Eligible Hospitals (EH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR), and Eligible Clinician (EC… Posted on
The Hybrid measure permission is now available for Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) in the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System. This permission will give you View or Upload/Edit access for the Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized… Posted on
Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how our cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan. Our second National… Posted on
Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy is CMS’s latest update to the 2022 National Quality Strategy, which was launched to improve the quality and safety of health care for everyone, focusing on those from underserved and under-resourced communities. In the action plan, you… Posted on
Starting from May 1st, 2024, the ONC Project Tracking System (Jira) and Confluence will incur a 90-day account deactivation policy for all users who have not logged into systems for a period of 90 days or longer. This change will affect the CQL, Cypress, eCQM, Hybrid, Bonnie/MAT/MADiE… Posted on
Clinical guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioners and patients in making decisions about health care based on latest evidence. Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age (ACG) was a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiative to improve patient care… 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 2026 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals (EH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) in the Hospital Inpatient Quality… Posted on