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What’s New with the Measures Management System (MMS)

Submit Candidate Measures Today: The CMS Measures Under Consideration (MUC) Entry/Review Information Tool (CMS MERIT) is now open for 2023 quality and efficiency measure submissions! Measure developers/stewards may submit candidate measures until CMS MERIT closes at 8 p.m. (ET) Friday, May 19. Visit the CMS Pre-Rulemaking webpage on the CMS MMS Hub to stay up to date on all things Pre-Rulemaking!

• Attend Kick-Off Webinar: Join CMS from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, March 21 to learn about this year’s Pre-Rulemaking process, requirements, and resources. Register here.
• Learn More About Measure Submission: Attend the CMS MERIT Tips & Tricks session from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, April 11 to learn about the ins and outs of the tool for measure submissions. Register here.

Coming Soon – CMIT 2.6: CMS strives to deliver top notch user experience; we heard your feedback and are excited to announce the latest enhancements to the CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT)—the measure repository for healthcare quality and quality improvement. With these latest changes, CMIT is now more user friendly and intuitive. There will be updated terminology, incorporation of additional programs, the integration of the new Cascade of Meaningful Measures, and improved search functionality. The latest version will be available Tuesday, March 28!

• Learn more during March MMS Information Session: Please join us 2-3 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, March 29 for a CMS webinar, “Unveiling CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT) 2.6!” Register today!

In Case You Missed It: Check out what’s new in quality measurement with these recent MMS presentations:

• February MMS Information Session, “Digital Quality Measures: Specifying the Future of Quality Measurement”

Announcements: Stay Up to Date

Aligning Quality Measures Across CMS - The Universal Foundation: CMS is excited to announce the recent publication of “Aligning Quality Measures Across CMS— The Universal Foundation’ in the New England Journal of Medicine. To further the goals of the CMS National Quality Strategy, CMS leaders from across the Agency have come together to move towards a building-block approach to streamline quality measures across CMS quality programs for adult and pediatric populations. Read the article here.

2023 Call for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Measures and Activities Is Now Open: You can now submit cost, quality, and Promoting Interoperability measures, and improvement activities for consideration for future years of MIPS. You can submit proposed cost and quality measures any time until May 19 and proposed Promoting Interoperability measures and improvement activities any time until July 1. Learn more here.

Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities

Public Comment, Technical Expert Panels (TEP), and Federal Register Rule Comment

Public Comment Opportunity: End-of-Life and Palliative Care (EOL/PC) measures: The American Society of Clinical Oncology is seeking feedback on several EOL/PC measures. 

• This opportunity closes for comment on March 31. 
• Learn more and provide comments here. 

Public Comment Opportunity: Diabetic Foot Assessment and Follow-Up measure: On behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Mathematica and the National Committee for Quality Assurance are developing and testing a new clinical quality measure: Diabetic Foot Assessment and Follow-Up.

• The opportunity closes for comment on April 5.
• See the announcement here. Please submit comments to Mathematica at ECeCQM@mathematica-mpr.com.

Public Comment Opportunity: Diagnostic Delay in Venous Thromboembolism (DOVE) eCQM. Brigham and Women’s Hospital requests comments on candidate or concept eCQMs.

• The opportunity closes for comment on April 10.
• Learn more about the DOVE eCQM and submit comments here.

Federal Register Rule Comment Opportunity: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities

• The opportunity closes for comment at 5 p.m. (ET) April 14.
• Learn more about the proposed rule and submit comments here.

Federal Register Rule Comment Opportunity: Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule.

• The opportunity closes for comment at 5 p.m. (ET) April 25.
• Learn more about the proposed rule and submit comments here.

Federal Register Rule Comment Opportunity: Medicare Program; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments: Counting Certain Days Associated With Section 1115 Demonstrations in the Medicaid Fraction.

• The opportunity closes for comment at 5 p.m. (ET) May 1.
• Learn more about the proposed rule and submit comments here.