Large Acute Care hospitals with obstetric services are required to submit ePC-02 and ePC-07 as eCQMs, and may submit PC-06 as an eCQM or chart-abstracted measure (CAM). If submitting PC-06 as an eCQM, they must attest to this in the DDSP. Refer to the Perinatal Care Attestation topic for additional information.

Hospitals that do not provide obstetrical services have no available chart-abstracted measures. requirements. Additionally:  

• Hospitals that do not provide obstetrical services should not enter zeros / or zero attest for ePC measures.

Yes; Large Acute Care hospitals with obstetric services are required to submit ePC-02 and ePC-07 as eCQMs, and may submit PC-06 as an eCQM or chart-abstracted measure (CAM). If submitting PC-06 as an eCQM, they must attest to this in the DDSP. Refer to the Perinatal Care Attestation on the DDSP for additional information on how to attest to submitting PC eCQMs.

The eCQM specifications for Joint Commission only measures are available on the Measurement section of the Joint Commission's main website.

https://www.jointcommission.org/measurement/specification-manuals/electronic-clinical-quality-measures/

The ED is not considered an "obstetrical unit" so the PC measures would not be applicable. We use the hospital’s General Application/eAPP in Joint Commission Connect to determine if an organization has an obstetrical unit.

ePC-07 Severe Obstetric Complications is only available as an eCQM (specifications available on our website). There is no corresponding chart abstracted PC-07 measure.

Don’t enter zeros or zero attest for measures you’re not submitting data for; only enter data for measures your organization is required and/or electing to submit.

• This includes the PC measures for those organizations that do not provide OB services

• Joint Commission no longer requires organizations with mid-year OB unit closures to enter zeros for the remainder of the calendar year.

Organizations are no longer required to submit partial year PC data in the event of a unit closure.

•eCQMs: Organizations should not submit PC eCQMs to Joint Commission if they close the OB unit mid-year / do not have a full year of data; instead, they should only submit required eCQMs.

•Chart-abstracted: Organizations that have entered chart-abstracted PC-06 measures should do so through the last encounter within the quarter the unit was open but no longer need to enter zeros the remainder of the calendar year.

•If the OB unit has closed, please updated your JC Connect eAPP, and also provide that information to us via email (HCO ORYX) or DDSP support ticket, and indicate what month the unit closed.

Applicable to CY2026:

Large Hospitals with obstetrical services are required to submit ePC-02 and ePC-07 as eCQMs. Joint Commission also requires PC-06, and this measure may be submitted as either a chart abstracted or eCQM version of the measure for accreditation. ePC-08 is available as an optional measure.

More information can be found on the Joint Commission Website. https://www.jointcommission.org/measurement/reporting/accreditation-oryx/