Due to an August 2016 Microsoft Office update, opening Excel files that are downloaded from Quality Metrics may be blocked from opening properly. Please follow the steps in our workaround document to open these Excel files.
The CMS MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User's Manual, Version 15.0 effective January 1, 2022 , contains QM sample and record selection methodology and technical specifications for each of the MDS-based CMS Quality Measures.