ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
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months). We believe that these revisions make this <strong>certification</strong> criterion clearer while<br />
addressing these commenters’ c<strong>onc</strong>erns.<br />
§170.302(i) - Report quality measures<br />
Meaningful Use<br />
Stage 1<br />
Objective<br />
Eligible<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals:<br />
Report ambulatory<br />
clinical quality<br />
measures to CMS<br />
or the States<br />
Eligible Hospitals<br />
and CAHs: Report<br />
hospital clinical<br />
quality measures to<br />
CMS or the States<br />
Meaningful Use Stage 1<br />
Measure<br />
For 2011, provide aggregate<br />
numerator, denominator, and<br />
exclusions through attestation<br />
as discussed in section<br />
II(A)(3) <strong>of</strong> [the Medicare and<br />
Medicaid EHR Incentive<br />
Programs <strong>final</strong> rule]<br />
For 2012, electronically<br />
submit the clinical quality<br />
measures as discussed in<br />
section II(A)(3) <strong>of</strong> [the<br />
Medicare and Medicaid EHR<br />
Incentive Programs <strong>final</strong> rule]<br />
Page 77 <strong>of</strong> 228<br />
Certification Criterion<br />
Interim Final Rule Text:<br />
(1) Display. Calculate and electronically display<br />
quality measures as specified by CMS or states.<br />
(2) Submission. Enable a user to electronically<br />
submit calculated quality measures in accordance<br />
with the standard and implementation<br />
specifications specified in §170.205(e).<br />
Final Rule Text:<br />
§170.304(j)<br />
(1) Calculate.<br />
(i) Electronically calculate all <strong>of</strong> the core clinical<br />
measures specified by CMS for eligible<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essionals.<br />
(ii) Electronically calculate, at a minimum, three<br />
clinical quality measures specified by CMS for<br />
eligible pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, in addition to those clinical<br />
quality measures specified in paragraph (1)(i).<br />
(2) Submission. Enable a user to electronically<br />
submit calculated clinical quality measures in<br />
accordance with the standard and implementation<br />
specifications specified in §170.205(f).<br />
§170.306(i)<br />
(1) Calculate. Electronically calculate all <strong>of</strong> the<br />
clinical quality measures specified by CMS for<br />
eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals.<br />
(2) Submission. Enable a user to electronically<br />
submit calculated clinical quality measures in<br />
accordance with the standard and implementation<br />
specifications specified in §170.205(f).<br />
Comments. Many commenters stated that the Physician Quality Reporting<br />
Initiative (PQRI) 2008 Registry XML specifications apply only in the context <strong>of</strong> eligible<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. Some <strong>of</strong> these commenters went on to state that hospitals are not familiar<br />
with PQRI and have been submitting quality measurement data to CMS under a separate<br />
program. A few commenters recommended that this standard requirement be removed<br />
while several others stated we should adopt both Quality Reporting Document