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CMS 2026 Quality Conference

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Add to Calendar 2026-03-16 08:00:00 2026-03-18 15:00:00 CMS 2026 Quality Conference

The 2026 CMS Quality Conference will return on March 16-18, 2026, both online and in person at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. The premier event for healthcare quality nationwide will bring together a community of healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates dedicated to improving care. 

Register to attend: CMS Quality Conference 2026 

 Location The Measures Management System (MMS) noreply@battelle.org America/New_York public

Latest News

Nomination Period Open for TEP for Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) Measure Development

Posted:
Mon, 01/26/2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are seeking nominations for a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) that will provide input to develop a new measure using administrative claims data to assess the Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) following an outpatient procedure or surgery for use in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (Hospital OQR), Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR), and Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) programs.

Now Open: Public Comment Period for Draft CMS FHIR® Digital Quality Measures (dQMs)

Posted:
Wed, 01/21/2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting public feedback on draft

Cooking with CQL, QDM, and FHIR® Webinar – January 22, 2026

Posted:
Tue, 12/23/2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to attend the Cooking with

TEP Opportunity: Dialysis Facility Quality of Patient Care Star Rating

Posted:
Tue, 12/23/2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with The University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (UM-KECC) to act as the

2025 Measures Under Consideration List Now Available

Posted:
Mon, 12/15/2025

The “2025 Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List”, has been published on the Measures Management System (MMS) Hub. The publication includes an Excel file detailing measures   specifications, along with the “2025 MUC List Overview”, a PDF that summarizes the MUC List process and provides high-level information.

Highlights from the 2025 MUC List include:

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