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Last week, ONC released the final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. The Plan defines a set of goals, objectives, and strategies that guide the federal government in supporting the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information to connect healthcare with health data. The Plan… 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) 2020 reporting period. The HQR System has been updated to accept… Posted on
As part of the ongoing effort to modernize the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) systems, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is changing how the HQR user interface will provide access to view and download reports for previously submitted data. Beginning 12/15/2020,… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Conformance Statement Resource to support calendar year (CY) 2020 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting for the:
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (… Posted on
This presentation will review resources that support calendar year (CY) 2020 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and the Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program* (*Specific to the Medicare Promoting… Posted on
One of the promises of electronic health records (EHRs) is that they may enable automated clinical quality measure reporting. EHRs are increasingly important data sources for measure development due to their wide use and ability to capture both structured and unstructured data. While the increased… Posted on
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) extended the deadline for United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) ONC New Data Element and Class (ONDEC) submissions to October 23, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET. Additionally, ONC released an updated USCDI ONDEC… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the publication of Version 16 of the Blueprint for the CMS Measures Management System, which is now available on the Measures Management System website. The Blueprint team reviewed more than 900 reviewer comments and… Posted on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces the availability of the 2020 Change Review Process (CRP) for electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The CRP provides eCQM users the opportunity to review and comment on draft changes to the eCQM specifications and supporting… Posted on
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is providing more opportunities to submit feedback and input into standards and interoperability efforts. They have launched the inaugural Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP) comment period, alongside the… Posted on