Hi Gwendolyn,
I am sorry for the conflicting information you received on reporting CQMs. I did some research and according to documents on the CSM website, 0's are considered reportable. Here is the link to the document I am referencing:
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-.../Downloads/EP_Attestation_User_Guide.pdf See page 50 of the document?from CMS?about reporting 2014 cqms, which says:
"Step 24 ? Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs 1 of 9)
Each EP must report on nine CQMs. Zero is an acceptable denominator provided that this value was produced by certified EHR technology"
Also according to the CQM user guide (
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-...rograms/Downloads/CQM_EPs_2012_02_02.pdf) "
If you reported 0 for all 3 core measures, you must report on all 3 alternate core measures even if you will report zeroes for all 6 measures. Note: All values reported should be the values produced by the certified EHR technology."
So unless CMS has changed regulations and not informed anyone (which is always a possibility with them), it seems that 0's are acceptable. If you find any written documentation that contradicts this information, please don't hesitate to forward it along to me. my address is mdabeck@amazingcharts.com.
