CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Measurements API

The Measurements API from CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — 1 operation(s) for measurements.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /measurements List Measurements #
POST /measurements Create Measurement #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://bluebutton.cms.gov/developers/
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Documentation
https://bcda.cms.gov/
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Documentation
https://bcda.cms.gov/guide.html
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Documentation
https://ab2d.cms.gov/
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Documentation
https://ab2d.cms.gov/getting-started/
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Documentation
https://dpc.cms.gov/
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Documentation
https://dpc.cms.gov/docs
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Documentation
https://bfd.cms.gov/
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Documentation
https://developer.cms.gov/marketplace-api/
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Documentation
https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/resources/data/public-use-files
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Documentation
https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/
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Documentation
https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/docs
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Documentation
https://qpp.cms.gov/about/resource-library
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Documentation
https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/reports/reports.aspx

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cms-gov-measurements-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cms-gov-explanation-of-benefit-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cms-gov-patient-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cms-gov-coverage-schema.json

Other Resources

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Console
https://bluebutton.cms.gov/api/v2/explorer/
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/refs/heads/main/json-ld/cms-gov-context.jsonld
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Sandbox
https://sandbox.bcda.cms.gov/
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Console
https://sandbox.ab2d.cms.gov/swagger-ui/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/CMSgov/beneficiary-fhir-data
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Portal
https://data.cms.gov/
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Schema
https://data.cms.gov/data.json
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Portal
https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/CMSgov/qpp-measures-data
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Portal
https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/

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OpenAPI Specification

cms-gov-measurements-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CMS Quality Payment Program Measurements API
  description: 'The Quality Payment Program (QPP) API supports MIPS and Advanced APMs under MACRA.

    Exposes measures, benchmarks, scoring, and submission endpoints used by Qualified

    Registries, EHR vendors, and QCDRs.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  license:
    name: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://qpp.cms.gov/api
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Measurements
paths:
  /measurements:
    get:
      summary: List Measurements
      operationId: listMeasurements
      tags:
      - Measurements
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of measurements
    post:
      summary: Create Measurement
      operationId: createMeasurement
      tags:
      - Measurements
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Measurement created
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: QPP uses HARP-issued JWT bearer tokens.