Inside CHIME: Input Needed on Quality Measures and Certified EHRs

1.7.16 by Mari Savickis CHIME Vice President of Federal Affairs

CHIME to host member calls on CMS and ONC requests for information.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator in late December published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on several items related to the certification of health information technology, including electronic health record (EHR) products used for reporting to certain CMS quality programs such as the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). They are also seeking input on a host of issues, including how often to require recertification, the number of clinical quality measures that a health IT module should be required to certify to and testing of certified health IT modules. The comment deadline is Feb. 1.

CHIME has arranged two calls next week to discuss the RFI — Monday, Jan. 11 and Wednesday, Jan. 13, both at 2 pm (ET). If you are interested in providing feedback to shape CHIME’s comment letter please contact me at [email protected].

More Inside CHIME Volume 1, No. 8:

• It’s Time to Share the Wealth – Marc Probst
• Solving the Patient Identification Problem, Once and For All – Russell Branzell
• Health IT Policy Forecast – Leslie Krigstein