The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update of the 2021 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs. The updated 2021 CMS QRDA III IG includes the addition of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity reporting for QRDA III submissions.
The IG outlines requirements for eligible clinicians and eligible professionals to report electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), improvement activities (IA), and promoting interoperability (PI) measures for the calendar year 2021 performance period for these programs:
The updated 2021 CMS QRDA III IG includes these changes:
Changes to the 2021 CMS QRDA III Schematron:
Update to the 2021 CMS QRDA III Sample Files:
Additional QRDA-Related Resources:
Find additional QRDA-related resources, as well as current and past implementation guides, on the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center QRDA page. For questions related to this guidance, the QRDA Implementation Guides, or Schematrons, visit the ONC Project Tracking System (Jira) QRDA project.