The Public Comment Period for Draft CMS FHIR® Digital Quality Measures (dQMs) is now open. Comment on Eligible Clinician dQMs, Hospital - Inpatient dQMs, and Hospital - Outpatient dQMs until February 25, 2026.
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 data have a submission deadline of Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
More information on the Hybrid HWR and Hybrid HWM measures is available on the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement Resource Center and QualityNet websites. For videos on the data submission process, visit the following: