2024 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR)

August 6, 2024

RE: Clarification #3 for Measurement Year (MY) 2024 Updates

Dear Colleague,

This letter contains information about edits incorporated into the NYS QARR Value Set for Measurement Year (MY) 2024 reporting. The updated files are posted on our Managed Care Information for Health Plans page. The revised specifications should be used in the plans’ processing for MY2024 QARR.

This clarification includes the following changes made to the MY2024 QARR reporting requirements.

Change Version Version Date Section(s) Changed Change Summary
3 8/6/2024 NYS QARR Value Set
  • The NYS Other Drug Abuse and Dependence Value_Set_Name label was updated to NYS Other Drug Value Set in the NYS QARR Value Set. The change was made to align with the value set name referenced in the 2024 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements Technical Specifications for the Continued Engagement in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment (CET) measure (Pages 13, 14, 15).

If there are any questions about the above edits, or if you find issues or have concerns with the MY2024 Technical Specifications manual or other documents, please email nysqarr@health.ny.gov.

Sincerely,

Paloma Luisi, MPH
Director, Bureau of Quality Measurement & Evaluation
Center for Applied Research and Evaluation
Office of Health Services Quality and Analytics

CC:  R. Josberger
        E. Nichols
        C. Fan