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New eCQM Goals for the New Year

By Kristen Beatson, RN January 8, 2021 Regulatory Updates: Hospital

eCQM New Year To-Do List

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 you with this task for the new year ahead, we’ve put together a to-do list which will get you ready and organized.

In the world of Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs), we like to plan ahead. Why?

At Medisolv, we have an obligation to get an early start so that our clients can be ready for each reporting year that begins in January. If you’ve participated in any of our eCQM webinars, you’ve probably heard us talk about the “annual cycle” of electronic measures.

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Also see: The Annual eCQM Cycle

The cycle starts for us in the fall, with a full review of upcoming regulatory requirements, new eCQMs, measure specification changes, value set changes, code changes … the list goes on and on. In the spirit of the New Year, let's start fresh and create some new goals for 2021. Out with the old, in with the new.

So where are you with your eCQM planning? Maybe you haven’t started, or maybe you’re still trying to complete your 2020 submissions and haven’t had time to think about 2021. Well don’t worry, you have time to catch up, but if you want to ensure complete and accurate results (and maybe even get your submissions done earlier next year!) I’d suggest you review our (super-secret) eCQM New Year to-do list:

eCQM New Year To Do List Infographic

Hopefully this list sheds some light on the reasons you should get started early! If you’ve been involved with improving your eCQM performance at your hospital, these items won’t surprise you. If this list makes you sweat a bit, don’t panic. There’s plenty of time, but I do suggest you get started now. An earlier start will give you time to implement, validate and maintain your measures in advance of the end of the submission window, and along the way, you’ll be able to improve your results as well.

If you want to have good results that accurately reflect the care you’re providing at your facility, if you want to have a successful submission, if you want to use your results to positively impact patient care, you’re going to need to make sure you have the processes in place to carry-out and complete an annual eCQM cycle.

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Download and print our eCQM New Year To-Do List [PDF]

 

 

Set your new goals for the new year.

Medisolv Can Help
 
This is a big year for Quality. Medisolv can help you along the way. Along with award-winning software you receive a consultant that helps you with all of your technical and clinical needs.
 
We consistently hear from our clients that the biggest differentiator between Medisolv and other vendors is the level of one-of-one support. Especially if you use an EHR vendor right now, you’ll notice a huge difference.

  • We help troubleshoot technical and clinical issues to improve your measures.
  • We keep you on track for your submission deadlines and ensure you don’t miss critical dates
  • We help you select and set up measures that make sense based on your hospital’s situation.
  • You receive one consultant that you can call anytime with questions or concerns.

 
Contact us today.

 

  
 
Kristen Beatson, RN

Kristen Beatson is a Registered Nurse and the Vice President of Electronic Measures at Medisolv. With over 15 years of experience in digital health quality measurement, Kristen is a leading expert in electronic measurement logic, nomenclature requirements, and best practices for data capture and validation. Her exceptional contributions to the healthcare IT landscape include spearheading the validation of Core Clinical Data Elements for the Hospital-wide Readmission and Mortality hybrid measures, as well as developing eCQM specifications for the CMS Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) measures. Kristen's expertise and accomplishments make her a sought-after public speaker, and she has shared her insights at prestigious conferences like HIMSS, keeping quality leaders informed about the ever-changing landscape of healthcare measures. Kristen Beatson began her career in Nursing in 1994, working in various pediatric positions before transitioning to informatics. She spent several years supporting advanced clinical application implementations at a community hospital where she developed an interest in improving quality through electronic documentation. She began her career at Medisolv in 2011. Kristen now leads Medisolv’s team of Quality Advisors who help hospitals and other healthcare providers prepare for digital measurement. Kristen and her team work closely with healthcare quality leaders to assess and analyze workflows, evaluate data for the purpose of validation and compliance, and submit Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) data on behalf of hundreds of hospitals each year to regulatory bodies, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC).

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