The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is Soliciting Interested Party Recommendations for Potential Consideration of New Specialty Measure Sets and/or Revisions to the Existing Specialty Measure Sets for the 2027 Performance Year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

CMS is accepting recommendations from interested parties regarding potential new specialty measure sets and/or revisions to existing specialty measure sets for the 2027 performance year of MIPS. Recommendations for new specialty measure sets or revisions to the 2026 specialty measure sets should be based on the established 2026 MIPS quality measures. Visit the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library to view the 2026 MIPS quality measure specifications: 

In addition, specialty measure set recommendations may be accepted based on potential new MIPS quality measures that are being considered for implementation in the 2026 performance year. These potential MIPS quality measures can be found on the 2025 Measures Under Consideration (MUC) List (XLSX, 91.1KB). 

The current 2026 specialty measure sets are located in the Appendix measure tables of the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. 

As established in the CY 2026 Medicare PFS Final Rule, specialty measure sets currently exist for the following specialties. 

Recommendation submissions for a new specialty measure set and/or revisions to the current specialty measure sets should be sent to the Practice Improvement and Quality Measures Management Support (PIQMMS) Quality Measures Support mailbox at PIMMSQualityMeasuresSupport@gdit.com.  

Recommendation submissions will be accepted from interested parties through Friday, February 06, 2026. 

All recommendations submitted by the aforementioned deadline will be considered and assessed for possible inclusion in rulemaking for the 2027 performance year of MIPS. 

Recommendation submissions for new specialty measure sets and/or revisions to the current 2026 specialty measure sets do not guarantee that the recommendations will be accepted, proposed, or finalized during rulemaking for the 2027 performance year. Determinations as to whether recommendations are accepted will not be communicated with stakeholders directly since they are being considered for the 2027 rulemaking cycle, but recommendations that are considered will be made public through publications of the CY 2027 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule and CY 2027 Medicare PFS Final Rule.