2022 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR)

September 2, 2022

RE: Clarification #6 for Measurement Year (MY) 2022 Updates

Dear Colleague,

This letter contains information about edits incorporated into the 2022 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements (QARR) Technical Specifications for Measurement Year (MY) 2022 reporting. The information contained in this clarification has been incorporated into a revised version of the MY2022 PLD File Specifications. The updated files are posted on our Managed Care Information for Health Plans page. The revised specifications should be used in plans' processing for MY2022 QARR.

This clarification includes the following changes made to the 2022 QARR Technical Specifications Manual:

Change Version Version Date Section(s) Changed Change Summary
6 9.1.22 QARR Technical Specifications Clarifying language has been made to the COVID-19 Immunization measure.
6 9.1.22 Patient-Level Detail File Commercial PLD:
  • Beginning in column 551, the new measures, COL, COL-E, and CVS had two spaces for data entry. This has been corrected to 1 space. This impacts columns 551-572.
  • The FUA measure started at column 343 which was the retired ADL. FUA now begins at 348 which has shifted all of the column starts by 5. This has been corrected.
Medicaid PLD:
  • Beginning in column 564, the new measures, COL, COL-E, and CVS had two spaces for data entry. This has been corrected to 1 space. This impacts 564-585.
  • After column 502 (EED) the IET column was not continuously numbered. This has been corrected and impacts columns 503-585.
Exchange PLD:
  • Beginning in column 332, the new measure, COL, had two spaces for data entry. This has been corrected to 1 space. This impacts columns 332-335.

If there are any questions about the above edits, or if you find issues or have concerns with the 2022 Technical Specifications manual or other documents, please email nysqarr@health.ny.gov.

Paloma Luisi, MPH

Director, Bureau of Quality Measurement & Evaluation

Center for Applied Research and Evaluation Office of Quality and Patient Safety