Crosswalk - Peer Reviewed Journal Article Requirement Template

Measures Under Consideration (MUC) Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Template for Candidate Measures
CY 2020 Final versus CY 2021 Proposed

Burden impact: The changes to this form do not reflect proposals in the CY2021 Physician Fee
Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program. There are no impacts to
burden as a result of these changes.
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Change #1:
Location: Page 1: 1st paragraph, 1st sentence
Reason for Change:
Edited for clarity
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
Section 101(c)(1) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
(MACRA)requires submission of new measures for publication in applicable specialtyappropriate, peer-reviewed journals prior to implementing in the Merit-based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS). These measures will be submitted by the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS), to a journal(s) before including any new measure in the final
list of annual clinical quality measures (CQM) under MIPS. The measure owner shall
provide the required information for article submission under the MACRA per CMS “Call
for Measures” submission process.
CY 2021 Proposed Rule text:
Section 101(c)(1) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
(MACRA) requires submission of new measures for publication in applicable specialtyappropriate, peer-reviewed journals prior to implementing in the Merit-based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS). These measures will be submitted by the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS), to a journal(s) before including any new measure in the final
list of annual clinical quality measures (CQM) under MIPS. The measure steward shall
provide the required information for article submission under the MACRA per CMS “Call
for Measures” submission process.
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Change #2:
Location: Page 1: 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence
Reason for Change:
Edited for clarity
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
Measure owners submitting measures into JIRA1 must complete the required
information by the Call for Measures deadline.
CY 2021 Proposed Rule text:
Measure steward submitting measures into JIRA must complete the required information
by the Call for Measures deadline

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Change #3:
Location: Page 1 Text Box
Reason for Change:
Edited to align with terminology in the Blueprint for the CMS Measures Management
System
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
Measure Owner: [Name]
CY 2021 Proposed Rule text:
Measure Steward: [Name]
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Change #4:
Location: Page 2 Section V
Reason for Change:
Edited to align with future MVP development/implementation.
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
V. Summary
• Alignment with CMS Meaningful Measures Initiative or MACRA (If applicable)
• Importance to MIPS or other CMS programs
• Rationale: Use of measure for inclusion in program (specialty society, regional
collaborative, other)
• Public reporting (if applicable)
• Preferable relevant Peer-Reviewed Journal for publication
CY 2021 Proposed Rule text:
Added bullet:
• Rationale as to how the measure correlates to existing cost measures and
improvement activities, as applicable and feasible.