Crosswalk - Appendix F2: 2024 Peer Reviewed Journal Article Requirement Template

MIPS Peer-Reviewed Journal
Article Requirement Template
CY 2023 Final versus CY 2024 Final
Burden impact: The changes to this form do not reflect proposals in the CY 2025 Physician
Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule for the Quality Payment Program. There are no impacts to
burden as a result of these changes.
Change #1: Updated language in first introduction paragraph.
Location: pg. 1, first paragraph second sentence.
Reason for Change: Updated for clarity.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: These measures will be submitted by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), to a journal(s), before including any new measure in the MIPS
Quality Measures List under MIPS.
CY 2024 Final Rule text: Such measures will be submitted by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), to a journal(s), before including any new measure on the MIPS
Quality Measures List.
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Change #2: Updated language in first introduction paragraph.
Location: pg. 1, first paragraph, third sentence.
Reason for Change: Updated for clarity.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: The measure submitter shall provide the required information for
article submission under the MACRA per the CMS Call for MIPS Quality Measures submission
process.
CY 2024 Final Rule text: The measure submitter shall provide the required information for
article submission under the MACRA per the MIPS Annual Call for Quality Measures
submission process.
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Change #3: Stakeholders updated to CMS term Interested parties and updated language in
second introduction paragraph including addition of current deadline.
Location: pg. 1, second Introduction paragraph, first sentence.
Reason for Change: CMS language/reference update.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: Stakeholders submitting measures to the MIPS Call for Quality
Measures must complete the required information by the Annual Call for Measures deadline.
CY 2024 Final Rule text: Interested parties submitting measures for consideration through the
MIPS Annual Call for Quality Measures must complete the required information by the CMS
Annual Call for Measures deadline (8 p.m. ET on May 10, 2024).
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Change #4: Updated the name of MERIT to include CMS and removal of extraneous word.
Location: pg. 1, second introduction paragraph, second sentence.

Reason for Change: Updated for clarity.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: Some of the information requested below may be listed in specific
fields in the Measures Under Consideration (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.
CY 2024 Final Rule text: Some of the information requested below may be listed in specific
fields in the CMS Measures Under Consideration (MUC) Entry/Review Information Tool
(MERIT); however, to ensure that CMS has all of the necessary information and avoid delays in
the evaluation of your submission, please fully complete this form as an attached Word
document.
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Change #5: Updated language in the second introduction paragraph.
Location: pg. 1, second paragraph, third sentence.
Reason for Change: Updated for clarity.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: The information in MERIT must be consistent with the information
below, which includes the following, but is not limited to:
CY 2024 Final Rule text: The information in MERIT must be consistent with the information
below, including the following, but not limited to:
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Change #6: Updated to language to include contraction.
Location: pg. 2, Reliability/Validity section, other information section, pg.2, 5th bullet, second
and third sub bullet.
Reason for Change: CMS style guide update.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: The survey or tool has been tested and does not require modifications
based on results?
Patient/encounter level testing for each critical data element does not require changes to the
tool base on the result?
CY 2024 Final Rule text: The survey or tool has been tested and doesn’t require modifications
based on results?
Patient/encounter level testing for each critical data element doesn’t require changes to the tool
base on the result?
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Change #7: Update to CBE language.
Location: pg. 2, bullet in Endorsement section.
Reason for Change: Updated due to change in endorsement entity.
CY 2023 Final Rule text: Provide the Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) endorsement status (i.e.,
National Quality Forum (NQF)).
CY 2024 Final Rule text: Provide the Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) (i.e., Partnership for
Quality Measures (PQM)) endorsement status.
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