March 2025

MERIT is now open for 2025 quality and efficiency candidate measure submissions!

Posted:
Mon, 03/03/2025

CMS MERIT is now open for 2025 quality and efficiency candidate measure submissions!

Section 3014 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the CMS pre-rulemaking process for the selection of measures for adoption in select CMS Medicare quality programs. The pre-rulemaking process helps to support CMS’s goals to fill critical gaps in quality measurement and consider multi-interested party input on measure selection.

  • CANCELLED - Cooking with CQL, QDM, and FHIR® Webinar – May 28, 2026

    Posted:
    Tue, 05/26/2026

    This webinar is cancelled.

     

  • Now Available: Updated eCQM Specifications and Implementation Resources for 2027 Reporting/Performance Period

    Posted:
    Thu, 05/14/2026

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the

  • Submit Public Comments on Children, Youth, and Young Adults HCBS Measures

    Posted:
    Fri, 05/08/2026

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Mathematica, are seeking public comment on new measures under development to measure the quality of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) for children, youth, and young adults (CYYA). CMS seeks feedback on the importance,

  • Join a Partnership for Quality Measurement Committee to Shape Health Care Quality

    Posted:
    Tue, 05/05/2026

    Battelle is seeking individuals with health care expertise or lived experience to serve on its Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) committees supporting Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M), Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR),

  • Quality Data Implementation (QDI) User Group Meeting on May 20, 2026

    Posted:
    Tue, 05/05/2026

    Calling EHR Vendors, Clinical Implementation Leaders & Measure Developers!

    The Quality Data Implementation (QDI) User Group reviews and discusses standards and data models used to express quality measures.

  • Now Available: The FY2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

    Posted:
    Fri, 04/24/2026

    On April 10, 2026, CMS released a proposed rule to update Medicare payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals for fiscal year 2027. These updates apply to Original Medicare and are part of CMS’s annual legal requirement to review and revise hospital payment systems.

  • MADiE 3.0.1 Release

    Posted:
    Fri, 04/24/2026

    On April 14, 2026, CMS released MADiE version 3.0.1. This update includes improvements to test case management for QI-Core measures, enhanced administrator functionality, and an upgraded

  • Reminder: CMS MERIT Closes for Measure Submissions on May 7

    Posted:
    Thu, 04/23/2026

    There is still time to submit measures for the 2026 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Pre-Rulemaking cycle! CMS MERIT will close for submissions at 8 p.m. (ET) May 7, 2026.

  • Cooking with CQL, QDM, and FHIR® Webinar – April 23, 2026

    Posted:
    Tue, 04/14/2026

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

  • Quality Data Implementation (QDI) User Group Meeting on April 15, 2026

    Posted:
    Tue, 04/14/2026

    The Quality Data Implementation (QDI) user group reviews standards and data models used to express quality measures.