News & Alerts
Measure Authoring Tool Version 5.6 Released
The Measure Authoring Tool version 5.6 was released on October 16th. This version of the MAT supports the authoring of composite measures, as well as API integration with the Bonnie measure testing tool.
Release notes for the MAT v 5.6 have been posted under the Release Notes heading of the Training and Resources page.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact the Measure Authoring Tool support desk by completing the 'Contact Us' form located on the Contact Us page, or by calling 1-800-673-0655, M-F 7:30 am - 5:00 pm, Central Time.
MAT v 5.6 Release Downtime
The Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) will be unavailable on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 starting at 6:00 PM ET to accommodate the release of the MAT v 5.6. The MAT v 5.6 will be ready for use on Wednesday, October 17th at 8:00 AM ET.
MAT Staging Changing to MAT Version 5.5
The MAT Staging environment will need to change over to the MAT version 5.5 on April 26th, 2018 to allow for the MAT version 5.5 user acceptance testing (UAT). This means that the last day to access any of your MAT version 5.4 data in the staging environment will be April 25, 2018. Any user accounts that are not associated with the MAT version 5.5 UAT will be disabled on this date.
MAT Tool Available with MAT version 5.4 Update
The Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) is once again available for use. We have completed the Update to MAT version 5.4.
This update contains the system fix to correct the version numbers for some of the files in the Measure Package. For more information on this update, please see the release notes posted to the Training and Resources page of the MAT public website www.emeasuretool.cms.gov.