The CMS QRDA I Conformance Statement Resource for 2019 Hospital Quality Reporting is Now Available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category I Conformance Statement Resource to support calendar year (CY) 2019 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting for the:

Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR)
Promoting Interoperability Program for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

QRDA error messages are identified with a conformance (CONF) statement, or system-requirement specification, and corresponding CONF number which provides a high-level explanation of why a test or production QRDA I file was rejected and unable to be processed by the CMS data receiving system within the QualityNet Secure Portal.

The Conformance Statement Resource assists data submitters by providing detailed information on how to troubleshoot the most common conformance errors and how to resolve the errors causing the file to be rejected.

Testing QRDA I Files:

QualityNet Secure Portal – Accepts test and production file submissions.
Pre-Submission Validation Application (PSVA) tool - Data submitters may also benefit from testing the QRDA Category I files with the PSVA tool which ensures that the file format issues associated with 2019 CMS QRDA I Implementation Guide for Hospital Quality Reporting are addressed before submitting the QRDA I files to the test or production system within the QualityNet Secure Portal. Visit the PSVA tab on the QualityNet website for additional details regarding the PSVA tool.

Additional QRDA-Related Resources:

To find out more about QRDA and eCQMs, visit the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center.

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

For questions about the QualityNet Secure Portal, contact the QualityNet Help Desk or call (866) 288-8912, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET.