CROSSWALK: Peer Reviewed Journal Article Requirement Template

Measures Under Consideration (MUC) Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Template for Candidate Measures
CY 2021 Final versus CY 2022 Proposed

Burden impact: The changes to this form do not reflect proposals in the CY2022 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: 2nd Paragraph, All references to JIRA
Reason for Change:
Measure submission tool changed from JIRA to MERIT (MUC Entry/Review Information
Tool). Replaced all references to JIRA with MUC Entry/Review Information Tool (MERIT)
and MERIT
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
Measure stewards submitting measures into JIRA must complete the required
information by the Call for Measures deadline. Some of the information requested below
may be listed in specific fields in the JIRA tool, however to ensure that CMS has all of
the necessary information and to avoid delays in the evaluation of your submission,
please fully complete this form as an attached Word document in JIRA. The information
in JIRA must be consistent with the information below. This includes, but is not limited to:
CY 2022 Proposed Rule text:
Measure stewards submitting measures to the MIPS Call for Quality Measures must
complete the required information by the Call for Measures deadline. Some of the
information requested below may be listed in specific fields in the MUC Entry/Review
Information Tool (MERIT); however, to ensure that CMS has all of the necessary
information and to avoid delays in the evaluation of your submission, please fully
complete this form as an attached Word document. The information in the MERIT tool
must be consistent with the information below. This includes, but is not limited to:
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Change #2:
Location: Page 1: Section III, Subsection A
Reason for Change:
Updated to allow testing at the level of implementation to accommodate administrative
claims measure testing
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
What testing has been performed at the clinician level? Please provide testing results
including the N value, Bonnie test case results, correlation coefficient and any other
pertinent information or values to be considered.
CY 2022 Proposed Rule text:
What testing has been performed at the level of implementation? Please provide testing
results including the N value, Bonnie test case results, correlation coefficient and any
other pertinent information or values to be considered.