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What is TEAM? An Overview of the CMS TEAM Model
The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) is a new mandatory payment model proposed by CMS in the 2025 IPPS Proposed Rule. Its goal is to improve...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[Slideshow] Proposed Major Changes from the 2025 IPPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The agency placed a...
Industry Trends
The State of Inpatient Quality Reporting: 2024
If the skyrocketing number of regulatory requirements on your plate has you feeling a little sleep-deprived lately, you’re not alone. 52 percent of quality...
Industry Trends
Connecting with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Learning from Failure and Success
Learn from success and failure in connecting with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to address Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs) in hospitals. Explore...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2024 APP Reporting Requirements for ACOs
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) has allowed large organizations to use the CMS Web Interface reporting method to complete MIPS requirements since the program...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2024 QPP Requirements
The Quality Payment Program has undergone some major changes over the last several years and CMS has signaled that they intend to further modify the program...
Industry Trends
AI in Healthcare: A Lot of Talk, Not Much Action…Yet
It’s all anyone in healthcare wants to talk about — AI. At least, you’d think so from an AI-evaluation of all the presentation titles at the recent HIMSS 2024...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
FAQ: PRO-PM THA/TKA OMG!
Each time CMS releases a new required measure for mandatory submission, there are a slew of questions that follow. But a new measure type takes it to another...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
10 Ways to Improve Your Sepsis Compliance
Now that CMS is moving the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle measure (SEP-1) into the Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program, your...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Prioritize Your Quality Reporting Requirements in 2024
Feeling overwhelmed with the new requirements, measures, and reporting periods? I can’t imagine you're feeling as though you’ve got more time in your day now...
News
Medisolv Announces 2024 Available Measures
Columbia, MD, (February 28, 2024) — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, is pleased to announce the complete list of measures available...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
The 2024 MVP Reporting Bundle
The MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) reporting program was started as a way to streamline the reporting requirements for clinicians and provide the...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
What’s Next for Hospital-Level PRO-PMs?
In 2025, CMS will require hospitals to submit the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program’s first-ever Patient-Reported Outcomes Performance Measure...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 Promoting Interoperability Requirements
The Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program originally was known as the Meaningful Use program and began in 2009. The program was initiated to get hospitals...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[E-BOOK] 2024 QPP Overview
Whether you are responsible for one group of clinicians or many groups (like an ACO), the key to Quality Payment Program (QPP) reporting success will be...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How does the IQR Penalty Work?
In the next four years, Quality leaders must report 11 new measures (three new measure types) to the CMS Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Reporting (IQR &...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Inpatient ExRad eCQM
CMS has added a new eCQM to the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program for 2025. The measure is known as ExRad: Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image...
Industry Trends
Trends in Healthcare Quality and Safety to Watch in 2024
By many metrics, healthcare quality and patient safety are returning to pre-pandemic baselines. While it’s too soon to declare it a comeback victory (for...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar
Back by popular demand! We present to you our annual Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar. It's the master calendar of quality reporting deadlines that you've...
Customer Stories
Merry Medisolving: How to Boost Your Sepsis Bundle Compliance
We can all agree that CMS’s Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (SEP-1) measure is a tough nut to crack.
News
Medisolv Approved as a CMS Qualified Clinical Data Registry for 2024
Columbia, MD, December 21, 2023 — Medisolv, Inc., a national leader in healthcare quality data management software, is pleased to announce that the Medisolv...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Merry Medisolving: How to Make Healthcare Quality Improvement a Cultural Habit
Building a passion for healthcare quality improvement into your organization’s culture is no easy task. But it is vital to your success, not only with...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving: How to Make Big Strides in Your Sepsis Performance
If the news that CMS is moving its Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (SEP-1) measure into the Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving: How to Take Control of Your SDOH Data
For the last year, Augusta Health has made a concerted effort to formalize its social drivers of health (SDOH) screening process and take control of its SDOH...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 National eCQM Results: A Review of the October 2023 Care Compare Refresh
CMS recently released the latest Care Compare refresh and for the second time they included hospital eCQM performance. The eCQM results are only in the...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Changes to the Quality Payment Program under the 2024 PFS Final Rule
CMS released the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule and made several significant changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP), affecting each...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 CMS vs. TJC Measure List Comparison
Generally, The Joint Commission (TJC) tries to align their measure lists with the CMS programs, but over the course of the last few years things have diverged.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 Joint Commission ORYX Requirements
Following in the footsteps of the 2024 IQR requirements, The Joint Commission (TJC) has just released its 2024 ORYX®quality reporting initiative...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[Download] MVP Selection Worksheet: A Guide to Choosing Which MVP to Report
MVP is short for MIPS Value Pathways. It is a reporting framework under the CMS QPP (Quality Payment Program). Most organizations are currently reporting...
News
Medisolv Launches New Module to Address Hospitals' PRO-PM Requirements
Columbia, MD, October 3, 2023 — Medisolv announced the launch of a new PRO-PM Module within their ENCOR for Abstracted Hospital Measures solution. This...
Industry Trends
5 Podcasts For Healthcare Leaders
Do you listen to podcasts? Nowadays you can find a podcast for every special niche you can think of including, you guessed it, healthcare IT.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[E-BOOK] 2024 Hospital IQR Program Requirements
Each year the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program makes changes; sometimes slight and sometimes more drastic. In 2024 CMS is ramping up eCQM...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Healthcare Quality Acronym Reference Guide
Quality leaders are responsible for managing and submitting to the IQR, OQR, IPFQR programs and maybe even the QPP and choosing either the MIPS, MVP, or APP...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 Hospital IQR Requirements
It’s time for quality teams like yours to start studying up on the 2024 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program requirements.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
A Quick Guide to the THA/TKA PRO-PM Measure
The new Hospital-Level Total Hip Arthroplasty/Total Knee Arthroplasty Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (THA/TKA PRO-PM) is more than just a...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Hospital Harm Opioid-Related Adverse Events eCQM
Opioids have taken national center stage for several years now. Shows like Netflix’s Painkiller or Hulu’s Dopesick have put opioids front and center for many...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2024 IPPS Final Rule: What Your Hospital Needs to Know
They say everything happens in threes—and that is certainly true for the 2024 IPPS Final Rule that CMS has just released. Across the board, this year’s...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Star Ratings Calculation
CMS released the 2023 star rating for nearly all U.S. hospitals. The hospital star rating system began nearly a decade ago and is updated at least once...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2024 PFS Proposed Rule: QPP, APP, MVP Oh My
CMS has released the highly anticipated 2024 PFS Proposed Rule. CMS still plans to sunset CMS Web Interface Reporting by 2025, but they are proposing a new...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
What is a Medicare CQM?
In 2024 PFS Proposed Rule CMS threw a curveball and added a brand-new collection type to the mix. Their hope is that this will help alleviate ACO’s concern...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
4 Lessons Learned from Hybrid Measure Submissions
The Hybrid measures are now in their 5th year – yes 5th. The first pilot submission of hybrid data was completed in 2018. Medisolv submitted 69 of the 150...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Top Tips: Succeeding with Sepsis (SEP-1)
Speaking with abstractors about sepsis will bring about a multitude of reactions. Eye-rolling, words of disgust, and even complete dismissal of the topic.
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
What is Data Completeness in MIPS?
CMS is sunsetting the CMS Web Interface reporting option for MSSP ACOs effective January 1, 2025. For an ACO staring at dozens of practices across multiple...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Healthcare Quality Leaders
What are the hallmarks of a highly effective healthcare quality leader? At Medisolv, one of the things we’re most proud of is that our clients continue to...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
MSSP ACO QPP 2023 Requirements
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) has allowed large organizations to use the CMS Web Interface reporting method to complete MIPS requirements since the program...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
What is the CMS Health Equity Adjustment Bonus?
When CMS proposed adding a Health Equity Adjustment (HEA) bonus to its Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program, it was a nice palette cleanser to some...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Quality Reporting Bundle
Each year, Medisolv releases our annual Quality Reporting Bundle which contains the requirements, measure lists and deadlines for submission to the CMS IQR and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Prepare for CMS’s New Sepsis Requirements
Everyone’s favorite core measure, the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (SEP-1), has been added to CMS’s Hospital Value Based Purchasing (HVBP)...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Prevent Nurse Burnout – Quality Improvement Tips
You probably don’t need to see the data to know that preventing nurse burnout is a four-alarm priority for our nation’s healthcare system.
News
Medisolv Receives Strategic Investment from BVP Forge
Columbia, MD (May 22, 2023) – Medisolv Inc., a leader in healthcare quality data measurement and reporting solutions, announced today that BVP Forge, has...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Quality Advice: Tips for Your Hospital SDOH Screening Process
If you’ve been putting off the start of your hospital social determinants of health (SDOH) screening process, we understand. Building any new process,...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Measure Health Equity: A Guide for Hospitals
How to measure health equity: it’s the billion-piece puzzle that every healthcare leader is trying to solve right now. But the solution to measuring health...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[Slideshow] Proposed Major Changes from the 2024 IPPS Proposed Rule
CMS released the 2024 IPPS proposed rule. In it they continued to emphasize health equity and provided clear indication that they are moving full throttle...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
eCQM Benchmark Report & Top Performing Hospitals
eCQM Benchmark Report & Top Performing Hospital List Medisolv is releasing to the public the top eCQM performers of 2022 along with an exclusive inpatient eCQM...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Common Pitfalls of PC eCQMs
Maternal health is a top priority for CMS. So much so, that they are requiring the submission of both abstracted and now electronic Perinatal Care (PC)...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Build Your SDOH Screening Process
If you’re ready to build your hospital’s SDOH screening process—but you’re not sure where to start—you’ve come to the right place.
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
MIPS MVPs: The 2023 Guide to Reporting
The MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) reporting program was started as a way to streamline the reporting requirements for clinicians and provide...
Industry Trends
CMS Reveals Their Universal Foundation for Quality Measures
Quality measures came together over the last several decades in a haphazard way. There wasn’t exactly an overarching strategic measure development process...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
CMS vs TJC Health Equity Requirements
How to Juggle Your Hospital’s Health Equity Requirements Save time and headaches on your CMS health equity + SDOH measures, as well as The Joint Commission...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Promoting Interoperability Requirements
The Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program originally was known as the Meaningful Use program and began in 2009. The program was initiated to get hospitals up...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
A Guide to The Joint Commission’s New Health Equity Requirements
TJC’s new health equity standard LD.04.03.08 is surprisingly flexible. Here’s everything you need to get started without breaking a sweat.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Hospital eCQM Results Are In: A Review of the January 2023 Care Compare Refresh
CMS recently released the latest Care Compare refresh and for the very first time hospital eCQM performance is publicized! But don't get too excited (or maybe...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2023 QPP Requirements
The Quality Payment Program has undergone some major changes over the last several years and CMS has signaled that they intend to further modify the program...
News
Medisolv CEO Dr. Zahid Butt Wins HIMSS 2023 Changemaker in Health Policy Influencer Category Award
Columbia, MD, January 27, 2023 — Medisolv is pleased to announce that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has named CEO Dr....
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar
Back by popular demand! We present to you our annual Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar. It's the master calendar of quality reporting deadlines that you've...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[E-BOOK] QPP 2023 Overview
Whether you are responsible for one group of clinicians or many groups (like an ACO), the key to Quality Payment Program (QPP) reporting success year will be...
Industry Trends
A Note from Our CEO: Preparing for the Evolution of Quality Improvement in 2023 & Beyond
After a tumultuous three years, what does 2023 hold for the future of healthcare quality measurement and improvement?
Industry Trends
Medisolv's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022
Medisolv created nearly 100 different articles and resources this year. Of course, I'm absolutely sure you read every single one (😊). But just in case, I...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving: Electronically Measuring Maternal Care Performance
Maternal health is a big topic in the industry right now. So big that CMS finalized a requirement for all eligible hospitals to publicly report their eCQM...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving: How to Participate in Quality Measure Development
How to Participate in Quality Measure Development (And Why It’s Really Worth It!) CMS’s new Severe Obstetric Complications eCQM (ePC-07) is one of two...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Equitable Care Measures Review [On-Demand Webinar]
CMS has mandated new measures for the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program that focus on providing equitable care for all patients that you serve.
News
Medisolv CEO Dr. Zahid Butt is named a HIMSS Changemaker in Health award finalist in the Category of Policy Influencer
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The State of Inpatient Quality Reporting: 2022 Survey Results & Recommendations
What’s the number one thing that keeps today’s hospital quality leaders up at night? It’s time. Or, more specifically, it’s not having enough time to...
News
Medisolv Launches Equitable Care Module to Address Hospital’s Health Equity Requirements
Columbia, MD, November 10, 2022 — Medisolv announced the launch of a new Equitable Care Module within their ENCOR for Electronic Measures solution. This module...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 CMS vs. TJC Measure List Comparison
Generally, The Joint Commission (TJC) tries to align their measure lists with the CMS programs, but over the course of the last few years things have diverged.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[E-BOOK] 2023 Hospital IQR Program Requirements
Each year the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program makes changes; sometimes slight and sometimes more drastic. In 2023 CMS is ramping up eCQM...
News
Trinexus Partners with Medisolv to Improve Quality Management Across Puerto Rico and Caribbean Markets
San Juan, PR, October 19, 2022 — Trinexus, a healthcare information technology consulting firm based in Puerto Rico, also servicing the Caribbean and Latin...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
A Guide to CMS’s New Perinatal Measures
Whoa, baby! CMS has announced that it’s officially rolling out two new electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) focused on perinatal care in 2023: ePC-02...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
An Intro to CMS’s SDOH Measures
In the 2023 IPPS Final Rule, CMS mandated that hospitals reporting to the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program submit two brand new measures: SDOH-1 and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Joint Commission ORYX Requirements
The Joint Commission had a bit of a rough year. After announcing, rather abruptly, that their DDS platform was shut down, they went about rebuilding it and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 Hospital IQR Requirements
It’s time to start preparing for the next year’s Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program requirements. Here, we’ll give you a quick review of the...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Prepping for Hybrid Measure Submissions
Did you know hybrid measures aren't new? In 2018, Medisolv participated in CMS’s hybrid readmission measure pilot program and as a part of that pilot, we...
News
Three New eCQMs Added to Medisolv’s ENCOR Software
Columbia, MD, September 15, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, released three new eCQMs in their ENCOR for Electronic Hospital...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
eCQM vs CQM vs Web Interface: Understanding the Difference
In the Quality Payment Program, there are several different types of quality measures available for the Quality category. You may have heard various terms...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
A Guide to CMS's New Health Equity Measure
There has been a lot of talk around health equity. Now we are finally getting real action from CMS in the form of a new structural measure: the Hospital...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Safe Use of Opioids eCQM – The Secrets to Success
In 2015, McAlester Regional Health Center began waging a carefully plotted war against opioids—even before the White House declared it a public health crisis...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The Four Highways of CMS’s dQM Strategic Roadmap
In 1956, President Eisenhower signed legislation funding the construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System. Stick with me here, I promise this has to do...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic eCQMs
CMS introduced several new eCQMs over the last year including a pair of measures that track your care of inpatients experiencing a hyperglycemic or...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2023 IQR Program Changes: A Summary from the IPPS Final Rule
CMS released their 2023 IPPS Final Rule and there was a lot in it. The biggest takeaway from this ruling is that CMS is moving toward all digital measurement...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2023 MIPS Proposed Rule: Key Highlights
The traditional MIPS program will close its doors by 2027. But don’t get too excited. It doesn’t mean that your Eligible Clinicians can stop reporting.
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
What is FHIR? The (Non-Scary!) Beginner’s Guide
What is FHIR? (And 5 Other Things You Wanted to Know About FHIR But Were Afraid to Ask) It’s time to address the elephant in the quality improvement room: most...
Value-Based Care
How Does CMS Calculate the Hospital Star Rating?
CMS first released the Hospital Star Ratings in 2017 in an attempt to make it easier for patients to judge a hospital’s quality of care. The star rating...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
What is TEFCA?
Let’s Start with the Technical Stuff TEFCA stands for Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. TEFCA was first proposed in January 2018 by ONC to...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
50 Healthcare Quality Reporting Resources for 2022
Happy 4th of July everyone! We hope you have a great weekend full of hot dogs and hamburgers, apple pie and ice cream and fireworks, friends and family. In...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
3 Ways to Prepare for the CMS Web Interface Retirement
By now, you have undoubtedly heard the good news: the sunsetting of the CMS Web Interface has been delayed until 2025. But don’t pop the champagne just yet.
Industry Trends
15 Must-Read Books for Healthcare Quality Leaders
Just in time for your summer beach reading season, we’ve compiled a list of the best books for healthcare leadership with one caveat: these books aren’t...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 Quality Reporting Bundle
Each year, Medisolv releases our annual Quality Reporting Bundle which contains the requirements, measure lists and deadlines for submission to the CMS IQR and...
News
The State of Maryland Collaborates with CRISP and Medisolv to Become the First State in the Country to Accept Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Data from Hospitals
Columbia, MD, June 7, 2022 — The State of Maryland has partnered with CRISP, Maryland’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), and Medisolv, a...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The Basics of Care Compare and Leapfrog Safety Grades: Measures, Timeframes and Preview Periods
I set off on a journey to create an article that helps quality leaders understand the CMS Care Compare website and its connection to other public reputation...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Should Your Hospital Track Retired Measures?
Just because an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) exists today doesn’t mean it will tomorrow. In the 9 years since CMS first piloted eCQMs, nearly a...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Become a “Birthing-Friendly” Facility: The First CMS Maternal Quality Designation
CMS has proposed the first-ever hospital quality designation that specifically focuses on maternal health. If finalized, any hospital positively attesting to...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
A Guide to Promoting Interoperability for Hospitals & Clinicians
CMS’s Promoting Interoperability requirements vary depending on if you’re a hospital or ambulatory practice. Find out which requirements matter to you—and...
Industry Trends
If It Wasn’t Measured, Was It Managed? Quality Performance in the Age of COVID
During the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS suspended in part quality measure reporting responsibilities. We wanted to know how the pandemic...
Industry Trends
What is Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data?
The Covid pandemic not only uncovered significant data gaps in our public health system but also identified a need to better understand the intersection of how...
News
Medisolv Announces Top eCQM Performers
Columbia, MD, April 22, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, today announced their Top Inpatient eCQM (electronic clinical quality...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[Slideshow] 2023 IPPS Proposed Rule: IQR & PI Changes
CMS released the 2023 IPPS proposed rule. In it there was a huge emphasis on health equity and maternal care. You can see this reflected in the changes to your...
Industry Trends
Value-Based Care vs. Fee for Service: Are We There Yet?
The healthcare industry’s journey from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based reimbursement has been long and slow. How far have we come? And how far do...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[E-BOOK] MIPS MVPs: A Guide to Reporting
The MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) reporting program was started as a way to streamline the reporting requirements for clinicians and provide the...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
dQMs: Preparing for the Unknown
The acronym dQM has been floating around the healthcare sphere more regularly since CMS put their intention to go completely digital by 2025 in the last IPPS...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
STEMI: The First eCQM for the OQR Program
For over a decade CMS has been incorporating Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) into the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program. For the first...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[E-BOOK] Your 2022 MIPS Requirements
Whether you are responsible for one group of physicians or many groups (like an ACO), the key to MIPS reporting success year will be understanding your...
Industry Trends
How Technology Can Help Quality Departments Cope with the Great Resignation
Among the long-term effects of the pandemic is the “great resignation,” which is putting a strain on hospital quality departments’ ability to measure and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Understanding SAFER Guides and a Review of your 2022 PI Requirements
The Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program originally was known as the Meaningful Use program and got started back in 2009. The program was initiated to get...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
7 Questions to Ask a Healthcare Quality Improvement Vendor Before You Sign on the Dotted Line
Finding the right quality improvement vendor can feel like a blur of product demos and proposals. Here are 7 questions you should ask every vendor to make sure...
News
Four New eCQMs Added to Medisolv’s ENCOR Software
Columbia, MD, February 23, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, released four new eCQMs in their ENCOR for Electronic Hospital...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Hybrid Mortality Measure
A new hybrid measure is on the horizon. Yes, another new measure that will be required for successful completion of your IQR program requirements. Here’s...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar
Back by popular demand! We present to you our annual Quality Reporting Deadlines Calendar. It's the master calendar of quality reporting deadlines that you've...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Keeping eCQM Resolutions Throughout the New Year
It wasn’t that long ago that we were talking about Y2K and stockpiling peanut butter and rice. Today when we look back at that time period, we laugh at our...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Successfully Implement ePC-06
The Joint Commission introduced a new perinatal eCQM last year—ePC-06 (Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns)—for accredited hospitals that deliver more...
News
Medisolv Approved as CMS QCDR for 2022
Columbia, MD, January 27, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, is pleased to announce that the Medisolv Clinical Registry has been...
News
Medisolv Appoints Bryan Hoke as Chief Growth Officer
Columbia, MD, January 20, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, announced today the appointment of Bryan Hoke to the company’s...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
The 10 Biggest Takeaways for MIPS Success in 2022
It’s officially go time for your MIPS 2022 Performance Year. What’s your team’s game plan? Here are the top 10 things to keep in mind as you whiteboard your...
Industry Trends
How Does Digital Equity in Healthcare Affect Quality Data?
The digital divide can affect patients’ access to and acceptance of telehealth. Tannis Hargrove of the University of Montana Rural Institute for Inclusive...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
eCQM Benchmark Report & Top Performing Hospital List
eCQM Benchmark Report & Top Performing Hospital List For the first time, Medisolv is releasing to the public the top eCQM performers of Q1-Q3 of 2021 along...
News
Medisolv Announces Top Inpatient eCQM Performers of 2021
Columbia, MD, January 5, 2022 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, today announced their Top Inpatient eCQM (electronic clinical quality...
Industry Trends
A Note From Our CEO: The Quest for Healthcare Quality Continues in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping care delivery which is also impacting quality measures performance. How will that play out in the year ahead? What other...
Customer Stories
Merry Medisolving featuring Citizens Medical Center
Despite its smaller size, Citizens Medical Center is classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an urban medical center. It’s a...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Merry Medisolving featuring St. Anthony Regional Hospital
A veteran nurse and quality leader, Sandi Cook has witnessed a lot of ups and downs in the decade-long journey from meaningful use to MIPS. We chatted with...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving featuring Grady Health
Change is good. But, if we’re being honest, it can also be scary, stressful, and downright miserable. In the last two years, the quality improvement team at...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving featuring Salem Regional Medical Center
When you’ve been measuring and monitoring eCQMs for as long as Salem Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has, you learn a thing or two. We asked members of SRMC’s...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
CMS vs TJC: 2022 Measure List Comparison
How are you feeling today? A little comma induced from yesterday's excessive eating? Perhaps you are reading this while still in your pajamas? Ah, yes. That is
Value-Based Care
7 Ways You Can Protect Your Quality Data from Cyber Attacks
Cybercriminals want what you have: patient health information. But there are ways you can protect your quality data from ransomware and other cyber attacks,...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[Slideshow]: MIPS 2022 Changes from the Final Rule
The traditional MIPS program is proposed to close its doors by 2027. But don’t get too excited. It doesn’t mean that your Eligible Clinicians can stop...
Value-Based Care
Which States Had the Most Hospitals Penalized for Readmissions in 2022
Every year, CMS levies penalties nationwide on hospitals with poor readmission performance. Although they did remove some data from consideration because of...
Value-Based Care
[E-BOOK] Position Quality as an Enterprise-Wide Strategic Asset
It seems like everyone is talking about quality these days. As a quality leader first and foremost you’re focused on improving the care of your patients, but...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
What’s a Good Opioid eCQM Score?
Before we reveal the what, let’s talk about the why. Why did CMS create an opioid eCQM that the federal agency is requiring hospitals to submit starting on...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 Joint Commission ORYX Requirements
The Joint Commission quietly released their 2022 ORYX® requirements this week. Or rather, I should say they were a bit buried beneath the announcement that The...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
What is Health Information Bi-Directional Exchange?
Over the years, how a patient’s healthcare information has been handled has changed drastically. For most of the 20th century, patients’ health records were...
News
Medisolv’s ENCOR Software Earns ONC Health IT CURES Certification
Columbia, MD, October 6, 2021 — Medisolv, Inc., a leader in quality management software, has achieved Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[E-BOOK] 2022 Hospital IQR Requirements
Each year the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program makes changes; sometimes slight and sometimes more drastic. In 2022, there are a few changes coming...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 Hospital IQR Requirements
If it's September, it's time for you and your quality department to start preparing for the next year’s Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program...
Value-Based Care
Healthcare-Associated Infections and COVID-19: An Update
The COVID-19 pandemic had a direct impact on how quality leaders like you do your jobs. From workplaces to workflows to workloads, everything changed in 2020.
Industry Trends
Patient Safety in the Time of COVID: 13 Ways to Improve Patient Matching at Your Hospital Now
Patient matching is vital to patient safety and is, in some cases, a matter of life or death. An exposé by Politico,"Inside America's Covid-reporting breakdown,
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
A Comprehensive List of 2021 Chart-Abstracted Measure Requirements
The number of chart-abstracted measures you are required to abstract and submit varies by which programs you qualify for and which certifications your...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs): Which Path is Right for You?
CMS is opening seven new pathways for eligible clinicians to participate in the MIPS performance-based reimbursement system. Here’s a breakdown of the new...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2022 IQR and PI Program Changes: A Summary from the IPPS Final Rule
CMS released their 2022 IPPS Final Rule and there was a lot in it. The biggest takeaway from this ruling is that CMS is moving toward all digital measurement...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2022 MIPS Proposed Rule: Key Highlights
The traditional MIPS program will close its doors by 2027. But don’t get too excited. It doesn’t mean that your Eligible Clinicians can stop reporting....
Industry Trends
Where Venture Capital, Quality and Patient Data Collide
New digital health technologies are attracting billions in venture capital funding. This money represents potential new sources of patient health data for your...
Value-Based Care
What Hospital Quality Leaders Say About CMS Star Ratings: Exclusive Medisolv Survey
Hospital quality improvement leaders have been chewing on CMS' latest hospital star ratings since they came out in April. An exclusive survey by Medisolv gave...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
What are dQMs?
A new healthcare abbreviation is entering the quality improvement nomenclature: dQMs. What are they and how soon will they be here? Dr. Zahid Butt, Medisolv's...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Into the Abyss: Troubleshooting VTE-1 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (CMS108)
Almost every hospital participating in the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting program tracks VTE-1 (Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis) for electronic clinical...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
50 Healthcare Quality Resources for 2021
Happy 4th of July everyone! We hope you have a great day full of hot dogs and hamburgers, apple pie and ice cream and fireworks, friends and family. In honor...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
5 Ways to Optimize eCQM Workflows
Building inpatient eCQMs to submit to Medicare can be a cumbersome process, but if you follow these five tips, you can make your workflows more efficient and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2021 Quality Reporting Bundle
Each year, Medisolv releases our annual Quality Reporting Bundle which contains the requirements, measure lists and deadlines for submission to the CMS IQR and...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to read an eCQM specification
Hospital eCQM specifications are meant for computers not humans. And yet, it’s up to you as a human (I mean, I assume you’re a human reading this) to interpret...
Value-Based Care
Hospital Ratings and Rankings: You Are What Your Data Says You Are
There’s an old adage in sports that says you are what your record says you are. No matter what you think, your team is no better or no worse than its win/loss...
Industry Trends
The Making of a Quality Measure: A Peek Behind the Curtain
There’s a lot that goes into developing a new quality measure before your quality department is required to collect and report it. Take a peek behind the...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The Joint Commission’s Perinatal Measures: Choosing Between Abstracted or Electronic
With little fanfare, The Joint Commission for the first time is allowing accredited hospitals to submit their perinatal care measures digitally as electronic...
Value-Based Care
Healthcare Associated Infections: COVID-19’s Impact
Here’s an interesting thought. Healthcare statistics from 2020 will likely carry an asterisk to help explain why that data may be significantly different from...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[Slideshow] 2022 IPPS Proposed Rule: eCQM & Hybrid Measure Changes
CMS released their 2022 IPPS proposed rule and included changes to the hybrid measure and eCQM requirements.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The Differences Between The 5 Major Stroke Measure Sets
This post is a guide to understanding the differences between the five major stroke measure sets. It’s a nightmare trying to keep straight this wide range of...
Industry Trends
8 Things Quality Directors Need to Know About Future Outcomes-Based Quality Measures
How medical care is provided and paid for in the future will be all about outcomes and very little about structures and processes. It won’t be about whether...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
14 Ways Quality Leaders Can Streamline Clinical Documentation for Clinicians
Picture this: You’ve entered a cake baking contest and are responsible for baking, decorating and serving a beautiful and delicious cake, but you must rely on...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
CMS Web Interface: Options for Transitioning to a New Reporting Method
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) has allowed large organizations to use the CMS Web Interface reporting method to complete MIPS requirements since the program...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Using the New Opioid eCQM to Improve Prescribing Practices and Patient Care
Next year, CMS requires hospitals to submit the new Opioid eCQM to the IQR program. The data you submit will be publicly reported. This new eCQM does more than...
Industry Trends
A Survey of Quality Leaders: Reflections from One Year of COVID
We know this year has been hard for everyone, especially our healthcare workers. We asked 150 quality leaders for their reflections on the last year, their...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Quality Superstar: Margaret O’Kane of NCQA on Using Quality Measures to Bring Accountability to Telehealth
No telemedicine visit is the same. Wide variations in electronic patient visits and the platforms on which they’re conducted are the result of a nationwide...
Industry Trends
COVID Mortality Analysis of 547 Medisolv Hospitals Over Nine Months
As COVID-19 cases continue to tax hospitals, we felt it was worth diving into the data to see if there were any insights for quality departments. We pulled...
Industry Trends
Using Your eCQM Data for COVID-19 Process Improvement
Read our COVID Mortality Analysis of 547 Medisolv Hospitals Over Nine Months. We are on an ever-evolving COVID-19 treatment path. A year ago, your hospital was...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[E-BOOK] Your 2021 MIPS Requirements
CMS is attempting to streamline the options for reporting to the Quality Payment Program in 2022. As a result, provider organizations will need to find a new...
Industry Trends
5 Pro Tips for Quality Departments Facing an EHR Conversion
When healthcare organizations switch EHR systems, or dramatically upgrade their existing ones, they don’t usually do it to make life easier for quality...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2021 Quality Reporting Deadline Calendar
Wouldn't it be nice to have a master calendar somewhere that shows all of your quality reporting deadlines? Ask and you shall receive.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
eCQM Reno: Creating the Program of Your Dreams
Do you watch home improvement shows? I’ll be honest, I freaking love those things. What is it about Fixer Upper or This Old House that keeps us glued to the...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
MIPS 2021 Requirements
What’s the biggest change to MIPS in 2021? To the individual clinician, it’s that they have greater control of their score and incentive money than before.
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Quality Measures and the Success of Hospital-at-Home Programs
It’s no secret that hospital-at-home programs are a rising trend in the healthcare industry. Their lasting success, however, will depend on quality data and...
Value-Based Care
How CMS Will Calculate Your 2021 Star Rating
CMS made significant changes to the way the Hospital Star Ratings are calculated. They finalized the calculation in the CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
New eCQM Goals for the New Year
eCQM monitoring and improvement requires dedication and lots of advanced planning. You should do a full review of the annual eCQM updates each year. To help...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
[Slideshow]: MIPS 2021 Changes from the Final Rule
CMS released the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule which contained the revised MIPS requirements. Next year CMS is upping the minimum score...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Merry Medisolving with Lane Regional Medical Center
When the COVID-19 outbreak exploded in March and hit its spring peak the following month, businesses across the country closed or moved their services online...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
Lane Regional Medical Center Transitions to Telemedicine in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
When the COVID-19 outbreak exploded in March and hit its spring peak the following month, businesses across the country closed or moved their services online...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving with Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall
This year has not been an easy one. Most of the healthcare headlines include overwhelmed hospitals with limited beds, limited data, increasing patient...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Discusses Importance of Quality Leaders
This year has not been an easy one. Most of the healthcare headlines include overwhelmed hospitals with limited beds, limited data, increasing patient...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Merry Medisolving with the Steward Health Care System
The healthcare system in the U.S. and around the world is becoming increasingly digitized and automated. Yet, when the coronavirus pandemic began showing up...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Steward Health Care System Discusses COVID-19 Impact on Quality Department’s Role
The healthcare system in the U.S. and around the world is becoming increasingly digitized and automated. Yet, when the coronavirus pandemic began showing up...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
Preparing for an Electronic Feast
Happy Thanksgiving! It's time for turkey and potatoes, stuffing and green beans, and especially pie! This year's celebration may look a bit different than...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Safe use of Opioids eCQM (CMS 506)
CMS released a new eCQM in 2020, CMS 506: Safe use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing. This measure is available to submit as part of your 2021 Inpatient...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
The eCQM Annual Cycle: Two Processes for your Organization
The start of the year is a time of transition...or is it? Shouldn’t we be able to just roll over into the next year and immediately start tracking what’s...
Value-Based Care
Which States Had the Most Hospitals Penalized for Readmissions
Every year, CMS levies penalties nationwide on hospitals with poor readmission performance. Even in light of everything going on with COVID-19 this year, 83%...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[E-Book] Hybrid Readmission Measure Implementation Guide
2021 is a year of significant change for electronic measure reporting. One of the biggest unknowns for hospitals is the new Hybrid Hospital-Wide 30-Day...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2021 Joint Commission ORYX Requirements
There are some big changes for The Joint Commission’s ORYX® program in 2021. To be honest, the biggest challenge we foresee is keeping the requirements...
Value-Based Care
How to Stop a “Twindemic” from Overcrowding Your Emergency Department
Is it the flu, COVID-19 or a combination of both that’s contributing to the looming threat of busier than usual hospitals? Here’s how to use data to prevent an...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
How to Implement the Hybrid Readmission Measure
Did you know that a liger is a real animal? No kidding. It’s a male lion and a female tiger; thus, a liger. When I find myself trying to explain the hybrid...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
[E-BOOK] 2021 Hospital IQR Program Requirements
Every year the requirements for the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program change; sometimes slightly and sometimes more drastically. In 2021, there are...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2021 Hospital IQR Program Requirements
CMS made some significant changes to the eCQM requirements for the IQR program, which can be found in their 2021 IPPS final rule. You'll want to pay special...
Regulatory Updates: Hospital
2021 IPPS Final Rule: The Big Takeaways
CMS has finalized the 2021 IPPS Final Rule and with that has increased the eCQM requirements for hospitals. Read some of the major takeaways from the final...
Value-Based Care
Improving Your Odds of Winning the Value-Based Care Trifecta
One of the hardest bets to win in horseracing is the “Straight Trifecta.” To win, you must correctly pick three horses in one race to finish first (win),...
Industry Trends
Cooking Up Great Clinical Quality Measures
What makes for a great clinical quality measure? My conversational answer is that it’s a lot like a great recipe. Just like a recipe you love, a great clinical...
Value-Based Care
The Five Stages of Health Care Data Quality Maturity [INFOGRAPHIC]
Reaching a high level of trust in your organization’s performance measurement data is dependent on people, processes and technology all working together to...
Regulatory Updates: Ambulatory
2021 MIPS Proposed Rule: Key Highlights
CMS dropped the 2021 PFS proposed rule which contained changes to the MIPS program. Check out our slideshow featuring the highlights of what you should know.
Industry Trends
Looking for Meaningful Use in COVID Reporting
The progress of Meaningful Use In 2009, President Barack Obama, signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law. Included in the ARRA were...
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