The 2020 eCQM reporting period for EPs is any continuous 90-day period within CY 2020. Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for 2020 Submission period deadline: February 28, 2022.Required to report on four self-selected eCQMs from the set of nine available.Reporting period is two self-selected quarters of CY 2021 data.Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program eCQMs Requirements for 2021 These eCQMs are determined by CMS and require the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT).įor calendar year (CY) 2021, in order to be considered a meaningful user and avoid a downward payment adjustment, eligible hospitals and CAHs must use (1) existing 2015 Edition certification criteria, (2) the 2015 Edition Cures Update criteria, or (3) a combination of the two in order to meet the CEHRT definition, as finalized in the CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (85 FR 84818 through 84828).įor more information about the 2015 Edition Cures Update, please review ONC's 21st Century Cures Act final rule. To check whether a health IT product has been certified to the 2015 Edition Cures Update criteria, visit the Certified Health IT Product List. To successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs, CMS requires EPs, eligible hospitals, CAHs, and dual-eligible hospitals to report on eCQMs. To report eCQMs successfully, health care providers must adhere to the requirements identified by the CMS quality program in which they intend to participate.Įach year, CMS makes updates to the eCQMs approved for CMS programs to reflect changes in: Health care providers are required to electronically report eCQMs, which use data from EHRs and/or health information technology systems to measure health care quality. eCQMs measure many aspects of patient care, including: Measuring and reporting eCQMs helps to ensure that our health care system is delivering effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered, equitable, and timely care. Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) are tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide, as generated by a provider's electronic health record (EHR).

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