The DDSP is used by assisted living communities, critical access hospitals, free-standing psychiatric hospitals, and acute care hospitals with ORYX performance measurement requirements.
Upcoming DDSP submission dates
The DDSP chart-abstracted measure module is open now for CY2024 data. Users should refer to the CY2024 ORYX® timeline on The Joint Commission’s ORYX FAQs page for opening dates and submission deadlines.
The CY2024 DDSP electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) module is expected to open July 2024 for uploading and reviewing files. The eCQM data submission period opens Jan. 1, 2025, and 2024 eCQM data must be submitted by March 17, 2025. The DDSP eCQM data submission is a three-step process:
1. Upload Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) files in a Zip format and review the results.
2. Select the measures to be submitted for each quarter and submit the data.
3. Download and retain the Proof of Submission report and verify that the report reflects the data submitted.
Questions about the new DDSP function and/or data submission timeline may be directed to the ORYX Help Line; please include your health care organization (HCO) identification number (ID) in the e-mail subject line.
The Joint Commission’s new Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program was featured in a Modern Healthcare article (subscription required). Ken Grubbs, DNP, MBA, RN, executive vice president for Accreditation and Certification Operations and chief nursing officer, also appeared in a live segment on RFD-TV’s Market Day Report. Dr. Grubbs discussed the hurdles healthcare organizations in rural communities face, and how The Joint Commission’s new accreditation program will help rural health clinics improve patient safety and quality of care for the more than 60 million Americans living in rural areas.
“The Joint Commission’s new Rural Health Clinic Accreditation has recently received initial deeming authority from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The accreditation is intended to help healthcare organizations located in underserved, rural communities improve the quality of their primary care and personal healthcare services,” noted Dr. Grubbs in the segment.
To learn more about Rural Health Clinic Accreditation, please visit The Joint Commission website.