Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Measures API

The Quality Payment Program Measures Data repository and REST API publish machine-readable specifications of MIPS quality, promoting interoperability, improvement activities, and cost measures for each performance year, supporting vendor QPP submissions and analytics.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://cmsgov.github.io/qpp-measures-data/

Other Resources

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Website
https://qpp.cms.gov/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/CMSgov/qpp-measures-data

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cms:qpp-measures-api
name: CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Measures API
baseURL: https://qpp.cms.gov/api/measures
tags:
- MIPS
- Measures
- Quality
- QPP
- Value-Based
humanURL: https://qpp.cms.gov/
properties:
- url: https://qpp.cms.gov/
  type: Website
- url: https://cmsgov.github.io/qpp-measures-data/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/CMSgov/qpp-measures-data
  type: SourceCode
description: The Quality Payment Program Measures Data repository and REST API publish machine-readable
  specifications of MIPS quality, promoting interoperability, improvement activities, and cost measures
  for each performance year, supporting vendor QPP submissions and analytics.