The value set Binding Parameter Specification (BPS) is generated by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as part of the Value Set Authority Center’s (VSAC) Downloadable Resources. The BPS details the usage of value sets by electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), the binding of value sets to…
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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…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) and hybrid specifications for measures proposed for inclusion in the 2024 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals (EH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Hospital Inpatient…
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The Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) is a set of files and software bringing together health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems. The UMLS integrates and distributes key terminology, classification and coding standards, and…
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has updated the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) with several additional provisional terminology codes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of 4/23/2020, the following standard terminologies (CPT®, LOINC®, and SNOMED CT®) have added provisional codes in…
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has updated VSAC with the most recent provisional terminology codes published by Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS), Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC), and SNOMED CT, in response to the…
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The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) is a value set authoring tool and repository. It is the source of truth for value sets for CMS's electronic clinical quality measures. The National Library of Medicine maintains the VSAC and provides access via web browsers and APIs. The VSAC provides…
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The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) Collaboration Tool provides a central site where value set authors can post value sets for collaborative discussion. Teams can share threaded discussions about the value sets, view recent value set expansions posted by other value set authors, organize their…