Becker's Healthcare July 14, 2020
Laura Dyrda

CMS released its telehealth guidance for electronic clinical quality measures for telehealth-eligible clinicians in 2021.

The agency listed 39 telehealth-eligible eCQMs for the next reporting period:

1. Preventive care and screening: screening for depression and follow-up plan
2. Closing the referral loop: receipt of specialist report
3. Functional status assessment for total hip replacement
4. Functional status assessment for total knee replacement
5. Documentation of current medications in the medical record
6. Primary caries prevention intervention as offered by primary care providers, including dentists
7. Functional status assessments for congestive heart failure
8. Childhood immunization status
9. Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) poor control (>9%)
10. Cervical cancer screening
11. Breast cancer screening
12. Pneumococcal vaccination status for older adults
13. Antidepressant medication management
14. Colorectal cancer screening
15. Diabetes: eye exam
16. Diabetes: medical attention...

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