Healthcare Innovation January 21, 2025
The House bill would delay ACOs’ required eCQM reporting through a federal app until 2030
The nation’s preeminent association supporting the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs) on Jan. 21 expressed satisfaction over the bipartisan introduction of legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives that would delay a requirement imposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for ACOs to report electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs); the CMS rule has mandated that ACOs report on eCQMs as a requirement of their participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) through something known as the Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway interface by the end of this calendar year.
As a primer from technology company MDInteractive explains it, “CMS implemented...