Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 11, 2019
2017 Presentations*
- June 22, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Included updates on payment adjustments and hardship exceptions, the Advancing Care Information Call for Measures, the Quality Data Model (QDM) v5.3 release, technical instructions for QRDA Category I submissions for eCQM reporting to the Hospital IQR and the Medicare EHR Incentive Programs, post-acute care announcements, the transition to Query-Response for immunization (IIS) reporting, and an update on the Health IT FACA Public Health Taskforce Zika response recommendations.
- May 18, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Includes updates on the 2018 IPPS and LTCH Proposed Payment Rule, the 2017 eCQM Annual Update Publication, the Oncology Care Model, and post-acute care quality reporting.
- April 20, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Includes updates on the 2018 IPPS and LTCH Proposed Payment Rule, the Hospice Quality Reporting Webinar, the eCQM Implementation Checklist, and the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program.
- March 23, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Includes updates on post-acute care quality reporting, CMS HIMSS17 updates, eCQM annual update pre-publication document, as well as an update on PQRS.
- February 16, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Includes updates on PQRS EHR reporting, support for the Clinical Quality Language (CQL) testing system, eCQM data reporting, EHR Incentive Program attestation extension, and an update on CMS’ presence at HIMSS.
- January 26, 2017 Vendor Workgroup Presentation (PDF) – Includes updates on the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, the eCQM value sets for 2017, Hospital VBP, HAC Reduction Program, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, the Interoperability Standards Advisory, FY2018 changes to the HAC Reduction Program, 2016 PQRS EHR reporting, device order not done guidance, and an update on CMS’ presence at HIMSS.
*Access to previous Vendor Workgroup Calls can be found below:
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