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Hospital - Outpatient

Engagement Opportunity -
(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
Provides periodic e-mail newsletters with information on CMS quality measures, updates to the MMS webpages, and other CMS news.
Engagement Opportunity -
(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
Provides several opportunities for input on eCQM development and updates through public calls for measures, comments on measures under development, technical expert panels, and public comments
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
The CMS Measures Management System (MMS) Hub is a resource providing information about the MMS, guidance for measure developers (content previously found in the Blueprint), and quality measure-related news and events. It includes information on measure development, measure implementation, measure…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 04, 2025)
The CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Implementation Guides (IGs) are based on the Health Level Seven International® QRDA IGs. The CMS QRDA Category I IG is used for hospital CMS quality reporting programs. The CMS QRDA Category III IG is used for eligible clinician CMS…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System includes troubleshooting functionality in the test portion of the HQR System, such as checking for valid submission period dates and providing measure outcome information. Submitters can perform all functions for validation of CMS QRDA Category I files in…
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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
Document -
(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
eCQM Tool -
(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Health Level Seven International® (HL7®) Data Exchange for Quality Measures (DEQM) Implementation Guide (IG) provides a framework defining conformance profiles and guidance to enable the exchange of quality improvement information including quality measure reporting (e.g., for transferring…
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(Last updated: Dec 05, 2025)