eCQMS 2024

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(2024) Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan CMS2v13 Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report eCQM CMS50v12 Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record eCQM CMS68v13 Prevent...
Controlling High Blood Pressure eCQM CMS165v12
Description Percentage of patients 18-85 years of age who had a diagnosis of essential hypertension starting before and continuing into, or starting during the first six months of the measurement period, and whose most recent blood pressure w...
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults eCQM CMS156v12
Description Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who were ordered at least two high-risk medications from the same drug class. Three rates are reported. Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who were orde...
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention eCQM CMS138v12
Description Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times during the measurement period AND who received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months pr...
Initiation and Engagement of Substance Use Disorder Treatment eCQM CMS137v12
Description Percentage of patients 13 years of age and older with a new substance use disorder(SUD) who received the following: Two rates are reported a. Percentage of patients who initiated treatment, including either an intervent...
Diabetes: Eye Exam eCQM CMS131v12
Description: Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes and an active diagnosis of retinopathy in any part of the measurement period who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period ...
Colorectal Cancer Screening eCQM CMS130v12
Description: Percentage of adults 45-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer. Guidance: Do not count digital rectal exams (DRE), fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) performed in an office setting or perfo...
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) eCQM CMS122v12
Description: Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes who had hemoglobin A1c > 9.0% during the measurement period. Guidance: If the HbA1c test result is in the medical record, the test can be used to determine num...
Functional Status Assessments for Heart Failure eCQM CMS90v13
Description Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older with heart failure who completed initial and follow-up patient-reported functional status assessments. Guidance Initial functional status assessment (FSA) and encounte...
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan eCQM CMS69v12
Description: Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a BMI documented during the current encounter or during the measurement period AND who had a follow-up plan documented if BMI was outside of normal parameter. Guidance:...
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record eCQM CMS68v13
Description Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. G...
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report eCQM CMS50v12
Description Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring clinician receives a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred. Guidance The clinician who refers the patient to an...
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan CMS2v13
Description Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older screened for depression on the date of the encounter or up to 14 days prior to the date of the encounter using an age-appropriate standardized depression screening tool AND if po...
Accessing The CQM Value Set
The CQM Value Set feature in DrChrono enables providers to look up vocabulary value sets contained in Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs). Each value set consists of the numerical values (codes) and human-readable names (terms), drawn from st...
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan CMS2v13
(2024) Electronic Clinical Quality Measures Description Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older screened for depression on the date of the encounter or up to 14 days prior to the date of the encounter using an age-appropriate stand...