Correction for the General Header Example in the 2019 CMS QRDA I IG for Hospital Quality Reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has corrected two typos in the 2019 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Implementation Guide (IG) Figure 5: General Header Example. The CMS QRDA I IG outlines requirements for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) reporting electronic clinical quality measures for the:

• Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program
• Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs for Eligible Hospitals and CAHs

The QRDA Category I Framework (V4) is a Health Level Seven International (HL7) QRDA I R1 STU R5 requirement. No changes were required in the HL7 IG. The 2019 CMS QRDA IG has been updated to correct two typos in Figure 5: General Header Example.

Correction to Figure 5: General Header Example:

• Incorrect Line:
  • Corrected Line:
• Incorrect Line:
  • Corrected Line:  

If the incorrect extension is used, QRDA documents will be rejected by the QualityNet Secure Portal and generate a CMS_0073 conformance error for the 2019 reporting period.

Note: No corrections were required for the Schematron or sample file.

Additional QRDA-Related Resources:

QRDA-related resources such as current and past implementation guides are found on the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center QRDA page.

View the webinar presentation titled “CMS QRDA Category I IG Changes for Calendar Year 2019 HQR” for more details on changes from the 2018 QRDA I IG.

For questions related to this guidance, the QRDA Implementation Guides or Schematrons, visit the ONC Project Tracking System (Jira) QRDA project.

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