As a part of its measure development process, CMS may request interested parties to submit candidate measures that may be suitable for a specific project. The candidate measures suggested will be reviewed by CMS and its measure development contractor(s). Candidate measures suggested through a call for candidate measures will undergo the same rigorous evaluation as all CMS measures.
The CMS measures development process consists of the following steps:
- Identifying important quality goals related to Medicare services
- Conducting literature reviews and grading evidence
- Defining and developing specifications for each quality measure
- Obtaining evaluation of proposed measures by technical expert panels
- Soliciting public comment on proposed measures
- Testing measures for validity, reliability, ease, and accuracy of collection
- Refining measures as needed
Call for Measures: June 1, 2012 - August 1, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin accepting quality measure suggestions to be considered for use in Physician Quality Reporting System for future rule making years. All suggestions must be received by CMS no later than 5:00 p.m. EST August 1, 2012.
To learn about the measure submission or to submit candidate measure(s), please refer to the submission instructions in the "Downloads" section on the CMS Call for Measures Web page.