CMS-10621 Appendix H1 (See Table 15): 2022 Peer Reviewed Journal A

Peer Reviewed Journal Article Requirement Template
Section 101(c)(1) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) requires
submission of new measures for publication in applicable specialty-appropriate, 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.
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:
[Measure Title]
[Domain]
[Meaningful Measure Area (MMA)]

Measure Steward: [Name]
Measure Developer: [Name]
Description:
I.

Statement
• Background (Why is this measure important?)
• Environmental Scan (Are there existing measures in this area?)

II.

Gap Analysis
• Provide Evidence for the Measure (What are the gaps and opportunities to improve care?)
• Expected Outcome (Patient care/patient health improvements, cost savings)
• Recommendation for the Measure (Is it based on a study, consensus opinion, USPSTF
recommendation etc.?)

III.

Reliability/Validity
A. 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.
• Reliability Testing Results:
• Validity Testing Results, clinician sites:
• Exclusion frequency:
• What were the minimum sample sizes used for reliability results?
B. Other Information:
• Is it risk adjusted? If so, how?
• What benchmarking information is available?
• Collection Type: Specify the data collection type.

IV.

Endorsement
• Provide NQF endorsement status (and ID) and/or other endorsing body (If measure is only
endorsed for paper records, please note endorsement for only the data source being submitted)

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE REQUIREMENT TEMPLATE | Revised January 2021

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
• Rationale as to how the measure correlates to existing cost measures and improvement
activities, as applicable and feasible.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 09381314 (Expiration date: 01/31/2022). The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average
2 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data
needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the
time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Attn: PRA
Reports Clearance Officer, Mail Stop C4-26-05, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. ****CMS Disclosure**** Please do
not send applications, claims, payments, medical records or any documents containing sensitive information to the
PRA Reports Clearance Office. Please note that any correspondence not pertaining to the information collection
burden approved under the associated OMB control number listed on this form will not be reviewed, forwarded, or
retained. If you have questions or concerns regarding where to submit your documents, please contact QPP at
[email protected]

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE REQUIREMENT TEMPLATE | Revised January 2021