HealthIT Answers July 24, 2023
By Megan Reyna, MSN, RN, System Vice President, Population Health – Midwest, Advocate Health and Jennifer Gasperini, Director, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, National Association of ACOs
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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) will be required to report quality via electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) or Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) CQMs by 2025. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) stated goal in transitioning to these new reporting approaches is to decrease administrative burden by replacing CMS’ existing manual reporting system, with electronic quality reporting. These goals are admirable but the implementation challenges ACOs face in making this change raise many concerns around interoperability that cannot be easily solved. Ultimately ACOs want to achieve the ideal state—efficient, technology-enabled quality...
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