External Resources and Links

DirectTrust

DirectTrust is a non-profit association comprised of Health IT and healthcare provider organizations that ensures the secure and interoperable exchange of health information using Direct messaging standards. https://www.directtrust.org/

eCQI Resource Center

The Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center is a joint effort between CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to bring together stakeholders from across the eCQI community and provide a centralized location for news, information, tools and standards related to eCQI and electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). https://ecqi.healthit.gov/

Quality Payment Program

CMS's Quality Payment Program (QPP) is a two-track reimbursement program designed to reward Medicare Part B eligible cliniclans (ECs) for high value, high quality patient care. The QPP site provides tools and resources for ECs participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System or in an Advanced Alternative Payment Model. https://qpp.cms.gov/

Value Set Authority Center

The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) provides downloadable access to all official versions of vocabulary value sets contained in the eCQMs. Viewing or downloading value sets from VSAC requires a free Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus License due to usage and licensing restrictions on certain codes included in the value sets. https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/