Menu 5: Report Cancer Cases

Measure Overview : Successful ongoing submission of cancer case information from EHR to a public health central cancer registry for the entire EHR reporting period.

Exclusion :

Any EP that meets at least 1 of the following criteria may be excluded from this objective:

(1) The EP does not diagnose or directly treat cancer

(2) The EP operates in a jurisdiction for which no public health agency is capable of receiving electronic cancer case information in the specific standards required for CEHRT at the beginning of their EHR reporting period

(3) The EP operates in a jurisdiction where no PHA provides information timely on capability to receive electronic cancer case information

(4) The EP operates in a jurisdiction for which no public health agency that is capable of receiving electronic cancer case information in the specific standards required for CEHRT at the beginning of their EHR reporting period can enroll additional EPs.

ChARM EHR Workflow : This measure is currently not supported in ChARM EHR.

For more information, refer to the CMS guideline for this measure