Last week CMS sent out the following communication related to 2025 MIPS resources:

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted new 2025 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources to the QPP Resource Library.

Please note, some of these resources are displaying incorrect posting dates on the QPP Resource Library. CMS is working to resolve the issue to reflect the correct dates resources are posted but all files are the most recent versions.

2025 MIPS Quality Measure Specifications

The following documents, which provide comprehensive descriptions and details on 2025 quality measures, are available:

• 2025 MIPS Quality Measures List (XLS, 804KB)
• 2025 Medicare Part B Claims Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents (ZIP, 29MB)
• 2025 MIPS Clinical Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents (ZIP, 68MB)
• 2025 Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) Measure Specifications (XLS, 680KB)
• 2025 Cross-Cutting Quality Measures (ZIP, 267KB)
• 2025 MVP Quality Measure Specifications for Quality IDs 112 113 and 128 (ZIP, 2MB)
• 2025 Hip Arthroplasty and Knee Arthroplasty (THA/TKA) Complications Measure (ZIP, 556KB)
• 2025 All-Cause, Unplanned Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure (ZIP, 854KB) 

 

To note, the specifications for the following two measures will be posted in the coming days: 

• 2025 Acute Cardiovascular-Related Admission Rates for Patients with Heart Failure
• 2025 Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Condition

As a reminder, the 2025 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Specifications have been available on the Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) website since Spring 2024.

The slide deck and recording from the 2025 QPP Final Rule Webinar are available on the QPP Webinar Library.

Additional 2025 MIPS Measures and Activities Resources

The following resources related to other MIPS performance categories are now also available:

• 2025 Promoting Interoperability Measure Specifications (ZIP, 4MB)
• 2025 Improvement Activities Inventory and Activity Descriptions (ZIP, 831KB)
• 2025 MIPS Summary of Cost Measures (PDF, 340KB)
• 2025 Cost Measure Information Forms (ZIP, 19MB)
• 2025 MIPS Cost Measure Codes Lists (ZIP, 21KB) 

The Explore Measures & Activities tool on the QPP website will be updated for the 2025 performance year soon. 2025 Quality Historical Benchmarks will also be available in the next month.