The upcoming CMS Quality Conference, Elevating Quality — Advancing Optimal Health for Individuals, Families, Caregivers, Clinicians and Communities!, orIginally scheduled for March 17-19, 2025, has been postponed. Future conference dates will be announced at a later time.Please monitor the…
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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…
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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 …
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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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Registration is open for the 2026 CMS Quality Conference [links-2.govdelivery.com], which is taking place March 16–18 in Baltimore, MD and online.This year’s theme — “Make America Healthy Again: Innovating Together for Better Health” —sets the stage for you to dive deep into the areas that matter…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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 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…