Reporting Clinical Quality Measures Will Change for All Providers in 2014
On August 23, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule for Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The rule provides new criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to successfully participate in the EHR Incentive Programs.
The final Stage 2 rule establishes that beginning in 2014, the reporting of clinical quality measures (CQMs) will change for allproviders, regardless of whether they are participating in Stage 1 or Stage 2. EHR technology certified to the 2014 standards and capabilities will contain new CQM criteria.
In 2014, EPs, eligible hospitals, and CAHs in both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the EHR Incentive Programs must use the new criteria. All providers must report on CQMs to demonstrate meaningful use, even though CQM reporting was removed as a core objective.
| Provider | Before 2014 | 2014 and Beyond |
| EPs | Complete 6 out of 44 CQMs
Selected CQMs must cover at least 3 of the National Quality Strategy (NQS) domains | Complete 9 out of 64 CQMs Choose at least 1 measure in 3 NQS domains Recommended core CQMs include:
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| Eligible Hospitals and CAHs | Complete 15 out of 15 | Complete 16 out of 29
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Reporting CQMs in 2014 and Beyond
- All Medicare-eligible providers in their second year and beyond of demonstrating meaningful use must electronically report CQM data to CMS, starting in 2014
- Medicaid providers will electronically report CQM data to their state
CQM Tipsheet
CMS has published a tipsheet that includes more information on the CQM 2014 changes.
CMS has published a tipsheet that includes more information on the CQM 2014 changes.
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