Quality Payment Program: Updated Explore Measures Tool

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Explore Measures Tool for the 2020 performance period. The tool now includes 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities for the four performance categories:

• Quality
• Cost

• Improvement Activities
• Promoting Interoperability

Note: The tool is only for informational and estimation purposes. It cannot be used to submit or attest to measures and activities.

2020 MIPS resources, including January technical updates:

• Summary of Cost Measures
• Cost Measure Information Forms
• Cost Measure Code Lists
• Improvement Activities Inventory
• Promoting Interoperability Measure Specifications
• Quality Measures List
• Quality Benchmarks
• Clinical Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents
• Qualified Clinical Data Registry Measure Specifications
• Medicare Part B Claims Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents
• Web Interface Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents

For more information:

• Resource Library webpage
• qpp@cms.hhs.gov or 866-288-8292 (customers who are hearing impaired can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS communications assistant)