Medicare CQMs for the APM Performance Pathway (APP): Everything Your ACO Needs to Know

In this episode, Dr. Dan Mingle discusses Medicare CQMs with Laura Dietzel, Senior Clinical Informatics Analyst at Mingle Health. This discussion features an overview of collection types available for the APM Performance Pathway (APP), an explanation of Medicare CQMs and how ACOs can use them in their APP submissions, and insight into how Mingle Health helps ACOs using Medicare CQMs, MIPS CQMS, or eCQMs.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:06 - Why are Medicare CQMs an option for the APP?
03:26 - What is a Medicare CQM?
06:17 - Can you use Medicare CQMs and MIPS CQMs?
10:04 - Can Medicare CQMs be submitted through an EHR?
13:06 - Does the quarterly list mean Medicare CQMs are simple?
14:33 - Do you need to report on 100% of your denominator for Medicare CQMs?
15:30 - Medicare CQMs will give you a better score, right?
19:08 - How can Mingle Health help with Medicare CQMs?

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