Educational Resources

Person and Family Engagement (PFE) Toolkit: A Guide for Measure Developers - April 2023
Technical Expert Panels and Public Comment: Ways for Stakeholders to Provide Input on Quality Measures slides / YouTube - November 2022

U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and USCDI+ Quality What They Are and What’s Ahead slides - November 2023
Digital Quality Measures: Specifying the Future of Quality Measurement slides / YouTube - February 2023
CMS Public Webinar - Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Digital Quality Measurement slides / YouTube - August 2022

From Data to Action: How CMS and Stakeholders are Addressing Inequities in Healthcare slides / YouTube / Question & Answer Summary / Key Resources - February/March 2023
Gravity Project slides / [YouTube]- August 2022
CMS Public Webinar – Rural Health: How CMS Initiatives Improve the Way We Measure and Address Gaps in Care slides / YouTube - April 2022
A New Method to Improve Measurement of Race-and-Ethnicity in CMS Data and Applications to Inequalities in Quality of Care slides / YouTube - June 2021
Transforming Measurement for Better Care: Lessons Learned About Patient-Centered Measurement slides / YouTube - February 2021

CMS Public Webinar - Advancing Excellence: CMS National Quality Strategy slides - June 2023
Quality Measures in Action: How CMS Uses Quality Measures to Inform the Public and Drive Quality Improvement slides / YouTube - September 2022
iQuality Improvement & Innovation Group (iQIIG) slides / YouTube - September 2022
Meaningful Measures 2.0 and Cascade of Measures slides / YouTube - June 2022
When the Journey is the Destination: Tackling the Complexities Associated with Diagnostic Performance Measurement slides / YouTube - January 2022
Population Health Measures: What They Are and Why They Matter slides / YouTube - October 2021
CMS Public Webinar: CMS Quality Measurement – Where It’s Headed and How We Will Get There slides / YouTube - June 2021
Understanding Qualified Registries and QCDRs and their Role in MIPS slides / YouTube - April 2021

Measure Lifecycle: An Iterative and Interactive Approach to Measure Development slides / YouTube - November 2022
Overcoming Common Challenges in the Measure Development Lifecycle slides / YouTube - September 2021

Measure Conceptualization

Measure Conceptualization: From Ideas to Action slides / YouTube - December 2022
Maximizing Efficiency of Information Gathering with the De Novo Measure Scan (DNMS) slides / YouTube - January 2021

Measure Specification

What’s in a Name?: Terminology & Current Linguistic Trends in Measure Specification slides / YouTube - January 2023
Specifying Your Measure: How to Create Clear and Unambiguous Measure Specifications slides / YouTube - August 2021

Measure Testing

Putting the Test in Measure Testing: Addressing a Collection of Measure Testing Challenges slides - May 2023
Measure Testing Problems and Solutions slides / YouTube - July 2022

Measure Implementation

2024 Pre-Rulemaking Preview slides - December 2023
Navigating Measure Implementation: Turning Data into Actionable Results slides - July 2023
2023 Pre-rulemaking Kickoff Webinar slides - March 2023

Measure Use, Continuing Evaluation, and Maintenance

CMS Public Webinar: Driving Quality in the US: How CMS Evaluates its Measure Portfolio slides - July 2021

Unveiling CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT) 2.6 Webinar slides / YouTube - March 2023
CMS MMS Blueprint Quickstart Guide - May 2022
Quality Measures: How They Are Developed, Used and Maintained (QM101) - May 2022
The New CMS Measures Management System Website - The CMS MMS Hub slides / YouTube - May 2022

From PROMs to PRO-PMs: Developing Patient-Reported Outcome Performance Measures (PRO-PMs) slides / YouTube - February 2022
PROs, PROMs, and PRO-PMs: Demystifying Terminology and Best Practices around Patient-Reported Data slides / YouTube - March 2021

Last Updated: Dec 2023

MMS Resources and Templates