Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals can now submit electronic clinical quality measure data for the calendar year 2018 reporting period for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Promoting Interoperability Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. Hospitals are required to submit at least four of the available 15 eCQMs for one self-selected quarter of CY 2018 data by Feb. 28, 2019. For more information and associated resources, visit https://ecqi.healthit.gov

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