CMS Pub. 100-22, ch. 1, § 50.3

To report Physician Quality Reporting System quality measures data via a direct EHR-based

reporting mechanism, an eligible professional must select a qualified direct EHR product. For

each program year, an eligible professional choosing the EHR-based reporting mechanism must:

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• Have access to a CMS-specified identity management system, such as IACS;

• Submit a test file containing dummy clinical quality data extracted from the EHR to a

CMS clinical data warehouse; and

• Submit a file containing the eligible professional’s Physician Quality Reporting System

clinical quality data extracted from the EHR for the entire reporting via the CMS-designated clinical data warehouse by no later than 2 months after the end of the

reporting period

CMS qualifies EHR vendors and their specific product(s) for use by eligible professionals to

submit Physician Quality Reporting System quality measures data to CMS. The list of qualified

EHR vendors and products for a specific program year are made available on the CMS Physician

Quality Reporting System website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRS. The list of qualified EHR

vendors and products is generally posted before the start of program year or shortly thereafter.

For example, the list of 2011 qualified EHR vendors and products was posted prior to January

2011.

To report Physician Quality Reporting System quality measures data via an EHR data

submission vendor, an eligible professional must select a qualified EHR data submission vendor

product.