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ORYX Performance Measurement Timeline

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Topics Covered in this section:

  • Important notes regarding deadlines

  • Data Submission timelines for CY2023 and CY2204 CAM and eCQM data - written / infographic / worksheet formats

  • Resubmission

Important Notes:

  1. Open/close dates and deadlines are shown within the platform

  2. To be considered for an exemption from submitting chart-abstracted data for the current calendar year requirements, all forms must be received at The Joint Commission no later than thirty (30) days prior to quarter close applicable to the request.

    1. See https://jointcommission-ddsp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DCS/pages/37486691 Q2.8 and Q2.9 for more information on Extenuating Circumstance Requests (ECRs).

  3. To be considered for an exemption from submitting eCQM data for the current calendar year requirements, all forms must be received at The Joint Commission no later than the 1Q chart-abstracted deadline. If no eCQMs will be submitted, your organization is required to submit a minimum of three (3) chart-abstracted measures for the entire calendar year, unless the request is to for an exception for submission of any data.  

    1. See https://jointcommission-ddsp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DCS/pages/37486691 under “The Joint Commission & CMS” for more information on Extenuating Circumstance Requests (ECRs).

  4. Feedback on submitted data is posted to Organization’s Accelerate PI Dashboard in their Joint Commission Connect site approximately three months after the submission deadline.


Data Submission timelines for CY2024 CAM & eCQM data


CY2024 Chart-Abstracted Measures (CAM)

  • 1Q 2024 (Jan, Feb, Mar): DDSP opens February 1, 2024 and data must be entered by June 30, 2024

  • 2Q 2024 (Apr, May, Jun): DDSP opens May 1, 2024 and data must be entered by September 30, 2024

  • 3Q 2024 (Jul, Aug, Sep): DDSP opens August 1, 2024 and data must be entered by December 31, 2024

  • 4Q 2024 (Oct, Nov, Dec): DDSP opens November 1, 2024 and data must be entered by March 31, 2025

CY2024 Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs)

  • CY2024: DDSP opens TBD, 2024, Transmission period to submit data opens January 1, 2025, and data must be submitted by March 17, 2025

 

Data Submission timelines for CY2024 CAM and eCQM data - Infographic

infographic view of the written timeline for CY2024

CY2024 Worksheet for Data Submission

Key Dates

Type

Task

Key Dates

Type

Task

Anytime

 

Invite Additional Users (such as Quality, Data Analyst, Informatics, IT, vendor/consultant) to the DDSP (if applicable/necessary). More than one Site Administrator is recommended.

02/01/2024

CAM

DDSP OPENS for 1Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

02/13/2024

CAM/eCQM

WEBINAR: Office Hours for CAM/eCQM

05/01/2024

CAM

DDSP OPENS for 2Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

06/30/2024

CAM

DDSP DEADLINE 11:59 p.m. Central Time for 1Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

08/01/2024

CAM

DDSP OPENS for 3Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

TBD

eCQM

DDSP OPENS for CY2024 eCQM upload

09/10/2024

ALL

WEBINAR: Pioneers in Quality - CY2024 ORYX Requirements

09/30/2024

CAM

DDSP DEADLINE 11:59 p.m. Central Time for 2Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

11/01/2024

CAM

DDSP OPENS for 4Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

12/31/2024

CAM

DDSP DEADLINE 11:59 p.m. Central Time for 3Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

01/02/2025

eCQM

Recommended: HCOs submitting CY2024 eCQMs should have VERIFIED data

01/16/2025

eCQM

Recommended: HCOs submitting CY2024 eCQMs should have completed UPLOAD of data

02/15/2025

eCQM

Recommended: Organizations submitting eCQM data should SUBMIT CY2023 data and download/print the submission report. This allows time to resolve any unexpected issues prior to the 3/17/2025 deadline.

03/17/2025

eCQM

DDSP DEADLINE 11:59 p.m. Central Time for CY2024 eCQM data submission

03/31/2025

CAM

DDSP DEADLINE 11:59 p.m. Central Time for 4Q2024 chart-abstracted entry

 

See Section 11. Resubmission: https://jointcommission-ddsp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DCS/pages/141295632

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