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Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center

Transforming eCQI through collaboration, education, and standards

Get Started with eCQMs

New to eCQMs? Learn the basics about eCQMs, development, certification, and resources to get started.

Educational Resources

Educational resources available for eCQMs and eCQI, Tools, CQL, FHIR, QDM, and QRDA.

eCQM Standards

Key standards for the electronic transmission of health information used to support eCQMs.

HL7 FHIR®

Latest News

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated value set guidance.

Updates to Value Set Content

CMS has posted new value set guidance regarding additional considerations for Single Code Value Sets and CPT on the bottom half of the Value Set Guidance page.

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The next Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program webinar, A Review of Electronic Clinical Quality Measures, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

Join us as we discuss electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) details, specifications, and logic. We… Posted on

Announcing the Display of the Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed RuleThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Payment System Proposed Rule… Posted on

CMS’ Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now open for the mandatory submission of EHR-derived clinical data and linking variables for the fiscal year (FY) 2028 Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide (HWM) measure for the July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026… Posted on

Version 5.19 of the Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures (Specifications Manual) is now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Specifications Manual is available on QualityNet under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.… Posted on