Call for Measures

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: