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Engagement Opportunity -
(Last updated: Oct 09, 2025)
Discusses the data models (including QDM and QI Core) used for measure development, measure implementation, consensus-based standards process, clinical decision support, and alignment with related standards. Visit the QDM Connect page and/or the eCQI Resource Center events…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: May 27, 2025)
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library is the one-stop shop for all QPP resources. It provides educational materials supporting clinicians’ participation in QPP. All QPP webinar resources, including slides, transcripts and recordings from recent presentations, can be found on the …
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Jan 31, 2025)
The Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) III Converter tool converts QRDA III files to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) JavaScript Object Notation format for QPP data submission. 
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
Mark your calendar! We are excited to announce that the 2026 CMS Quality Conference will return on March 16-18, 2026, both online and in person at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor.  The premier event for healthcare quality nationwide will bring together a community of healthcare leaders,…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Submission Tool and Repository (STAR) is a measure database of quality performance measures submitted to the CMS consensus-based entity (CBE) for endorsement review. The database includes historical data for measures submitted for endorsement and maintenance to date. The CMS CBE updates the…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Mar 13, 2025)
Synthea™ is an open-source, synthetic patient generator that models the medical history of synthetic patients. It provides realistic, but not real, patient data and associated health records covering every aspect of health care. The resulting data is free from cost, privacy, and security…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
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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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2026 reporting/performance period for hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, and eligible clinician quality reporting programs. CMS updates the specifications…
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
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…
Engagement Opportunity -
(Last updated: Jan 02, 2025)
Provides a central site where value set authors can post value sets for collaborative discussion. In that site, teams can share threaded discussions about the value sets, view recent value set expansions posted by site members, organize their value sets.