The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2026 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The 2026 CMS QRDA I IG outlines requirements for hospitals to…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP) announce the release of Cypress v7.4 as of June 18, 2025. The new release, along with release notes, are available on…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document, which provides the versions of the standards and code systems used within the updated eCQMs for potential use in CMS quality…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document, which provides the versions of the standards and code systems used within the updated eCQMs for potential use in CMS quality…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has amended the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document, which provides the versions of the standards and code systems used within the updated eCQMs for potential use in CMS quality reporting programs…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has re-published the 2025 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG) Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR). The 2025 CMS QRDA I IG outlines requirements for hospitals to report electronic clinical quality…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated and re-published the 2025 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flow for CMS871v4 (Hospital Harm – Severe Hyperglycemia) to the eCQI Resource Center. As background, CMS871 is a ratio measure where calculations are…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Data Element Repository (DERep) to provide information on eCQMs used in CMS quality reporting and incentive programs for the calendar year (CY) 2026 reporting and performance periods.…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting public feedback on draft Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) Digital Quality Measures (dQMs) to be considered for future use in CMS Quality Reporting Programs. FHIR is the next-generation standard…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Project Tracking System uses Jira, a project management and issue-tracking platform developed by Atlassian.This system provides a centralized and transparent platform for users to log, track, and discuss issues with…