eCQI Standards Development, Maintenance, and Resources

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is forecasting a contract to develop, maintain, and provide resources for Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) standards. This effort will support the creation and ongoing refinement of electronic measures used to assess and improve the quality of healthcare delivery across Medicare and Medicaid programs. The work will involve defining technical specifications, ensuring interoperability with existing health IT systems, and producing documentation and tools to enable stakeholders such as providers, clinicians, and software developers to implement these standards effectively. The contract will require expertise in clinical quality measurement, health information technology, and data standards development, with a focus on aligning with national priorities for care quality and reporting. All performance will support CMS’s broader mission to drive value-based care through accurate, actionable, and standardized clinical quality data. The program point of contact is Yona Openden and the contracting officer is Heather Lang, both reachable via their CMS email addresses. The solicitation is currently in forecast stage and will be posted under NAICS code 541519, which encompasses other scientific and technical consulting services. Interested parties should monitor the official HHS OSDBU portal for future solicitation notices.