For measures that have multiple population criteria: In MADiE, there are Measure Population Exclusions fields for each of the measure’s population criteria. We learned that in MADiE, these fields then get combined in the measure output. For example, the content from each Measure Population Exclusions field in the CMS986 six population criteria would then get combined into one singular Measure Population Exclusions field in the output. However, when the measure developer put the Measure Population Exclusions description in the Measure Population Exclusions field for each of the six population criteria, it looks like there was an error in the output, where "null" was repeated multiple times after the description (see screenshot example #1 from CMS986). 

Since the Measure Population Exclusions description is the same for all six of the CMS986’s population criteria, we suggested a workaround: Only providing detail in the Measure Population Exclusions description field for Population Criteria 1 and leaving these free text fields blank for the other five population criteria. The measure developer implemented this change, but this did not fix the problem we were seeing (see screenshot example #2 from CMS986). Is there a fix for this issue, for when the measure developer only needs to input the same Measure Population Exclusions description once for multiple population criteria? Thank you!

*Please note I am submitting this issue on behalf of the eCQM Annual Update team, not the measure developer.