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Contact Name:
Shannon Miller
Contact Email:
shannon.miller2@commonspirit.org
Institution/Name:
Dignity Health Medical Group
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Thank you for your question regarding the electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). Exclusions vary across measures. Deceased patients are captured in the measure population unless explicitly excluded/removed. Please refer to each measure’s denominator exclusions to determine the appropriate exclusions. For assistance in reading each eCQM, please also refer to the Guide for Reading eCQMs (https://ecqi.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/2025-Guide-for-Reading-eCQMs.pdf).

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Thank you for your question regarding the electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). Exclusions vary across measures. Deceased patients are captured in the measure population unless explicitly excluded/removed. Please refer to each measure’s denominator exclusions to determine the appropriate exclusions. For assistance in reading each eCQM, please also refer to the Guide for Reading eCQMs ( https://ecqi.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/2025-Guide-for-Reading-eCQMs.pdf ).
2024 Performance Period EC eCQMs:

CMS0122v12
Impact:
Looking at the ecqm measures and none of them specifically state if a patient is deceased during the measurement period they should be removed from the denominator.