Starting with CY2022, hospitals required or electing to submit eCQMs must submit a minimum of three (3) quarters of data to The Joint Commission. This is a change / increase from CY2021 reporting of two (2) quarters.

Hospitals who are required but unable to submit eCQMs and have requested and been granted an extenuating circumstance from The Joint Commission, will be required to instead submit a minimum of three chart-abstracted measures for the full CY2022 calendar year.

In no case may an eligible Hospital or Critical Access Hospital be granted an extenuating circumstance exception for more than five consecutive years.  This is in alignment with CMS.

The “ePC-07 Severe Obstetric Complications” measure was added as a new Joint Commission only eCQM. There is no corresponding chart abstracted PC-07 measure. This measure is not required for 2022 collection but is offered as an optional measure to meet ORYX eCQM requirements.

Due to the discontinuation of the DDSP hosted by Apervita as a result of that company’s closure, CY2021 and CY2022 ORYX performance measurement deadlines will be delayed; a new Joint Commission DDSP is available the second half of CY2022. Hospitals will be able to submit past 2Q2021, 3Q2021, 4Q2021 and/or eCQM ORYX data and begin CY2022 data submission based on the published timeline.

As a reminder, effective CY2021, for the Hospital Accreditation Program (HAP) and Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program (CAH), ORYX Performance Measurement Reporting requirements include the following:

ORYX eCQM and/or Chart-Abstracted data submission:
•Acute Care Hospitals are defined as having Licensed Beds >= 26 OR Outpatient Visits >= 50,000, and are no longer defined by ADC >10

•Freestanding Psychiatric Facility reporting requirements are not defined by Licensed Beds / Outpatient Visits and are required to submit chart-abstracted HBIPS measures

•Small Hospitals are defined as having Licensed Beds <26 AND Outpatient Visits < 50,000, and are no longer defined by ADC <= 10; Small Hospitals cannot self-report. (Refer to question 5.1 in “Measure Requirements: By Hospital Type” regarding self-reporting)

•Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Accreditation Program reporting requirements are not defined by Licensed Beds / Outpatient Visits and are required to submit chart-abstracted measures and/or eCQMs; CAHs cannot self-report. Refer to question 5.1 in “Measure Requirements: By Hospital Type” regarding self-reporting)

•The Specialty Hospital designation was removed effective CY2021; all hospitals previously designated as "Specialty" for ORYX reporting purposes were placed in the appropriate ORYX policy based upon Licensed Beds and/or Outpatient Visits. Refer to question 5.5 in “Measure Requirements: By Hospital Type” regarding self-reporting)

The CY2022 reporting requirements and list of available measures are available on our the Measurement > Reporting part of our external website or copy and paste the following web address in your internet browser: https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/measurement/oryx/2022-oryx-reporting-requirements--october-19-2021.pdf

The Joint Commission Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures which describes the aggregate data requirements for hospitals submitting chart-abstracted measure data is available on the Measurement>Specifications part of our external website, or copy and paste the following web address in your internet browser: https://www.jointcommission.org/measurement/specification-manuals/chart-abstracted-measures/

Retired: Neither the Joint Commission nor CMS has retired or removed any chart-abstracted or eCQM measures for CY2022.

Added: The “ePC-07 Severe Obstetric Complications” measure was added as a new Joint Commission only eCQM (Specifications available on the Measurement>Specifications part of our external website). There is no corresponding chart abstracted PC-07 measure. This measure is not required for 2022 collection but is offered as an optional measure to meet ORYX eCQM requirements.

The CY2022 reporting requirements and list of available measures are available on our the Measurement > Reporting part of our external website or copy and paste the following web address in your internet browser: https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/measurement/oryx/2022-oryx-reporting-requirements--october-19-2021.pdf

Per the description in your Joint Commission Connect eApp/General Application under Hospital site information > “Volume”, outpatient visits: Includes all clinics, outpatient surgery, physical therapy, radiology. Excludes all Laboratory tests.