2024 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR)

January 30, 2025

RE: Clarification #8 for Measurement Year (MY) 2024 Updates

Dear Colleague,

This letter contains information about the 2024 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR) Technical Specifications: NYS MY2024 QARR List of Required Measures (Table1) and the Exchange MY2024 PLD File Specifications (PDF). The file is 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
8 1/28/25 NYS MY2024 QARR List of Required Measures (Table1) (PDF version) To align with HEDIS' reporting requirements, the Race and Ethnicity Stratification required for NCQA flag (5) was removed from the following measures:
  • Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS)
  • Childhood Immunization Status (CIS)
The flag (5) was added to the following measure:
  • Immunizations for Adolescents (IMA-E)
NYS MY2024 QARR List of Required Measures (Table1) (Web) To align with HEDIS' reporting requirements, the Race and Ethnicity Stratification required for NCQA flag (5) was added to the following measures:
  • Eye Exam for Patients With Diabetes (EED)
  • Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM)
  • Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH)
  • Kidney Health Evaluation for Patients With Diabetes (KED)
  • Adult Immunization Status (AIS-E)
  • Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS-E)
  • Childhood Immunization Status (CIS-E)
  • Immunizations for Adolescents (IMA-E)
  • Prenatal Depression Screening and Follow-Up (PND-E)
  • Postpartum Depression Screening and Follow-Up (PDS-E)
  • Prenatal Immunization Status (PRS-E)
The PDF version of Table 1 remains accurate.
Exchange MY2024 PLD File Specifications (PDF) The Metal Level Field:
Updated Metal level of coverage the enrollee is covered under to include: 9 = Unknown, to match currently posted webpage.

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