AMA & CMS - MIPS
This covers the released statement by the AMA President regarding the 2021 MIPS Program.
This covers How you can apply before the application deadline.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a statement regarding the CMS decision to re-open the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) application period.
“The American Medical Association is grateful the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreed that physicians and administrative staff needed flexibility this year when filing a 2021 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (E&C) hardship application because of the Omicron surge. The increase in COVID cases—and increased demands—coincided with the original E&C hardship application deadline at the end of 2021. As a result, physicians might have missed the opportunity to file for a hardship application and faced a payment adjustment.
The re-opening of the 2021 application period will give physicians, including APM participants, much-needed relief and better ensure they avoid a negative 2023 MIPS payment adjustment.
As a reminder, physicians who do not submit any MIPS data for the 2021 MIPS program will automatically avoid a 2023 penalty. If a physician, practice or physician/practice part of an APM is unsure of their status, we encourage you to submit an application to avoid a penalty.”
You need a HCQIS Access Roles and Profile (HARP) account to submit a MIPS EUC application. Once you sign into QPP with your HARP credentials, click ‘Exceptions Application’ on the left-hand navigation and then select ‘Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances.’
For more information on how to obtain a HARP account, refer to the Register for a HARP Account document in the QPP Access User Guide.
You’ll be notified by email if your request was approved or denied. You can also check the status of your application by signing into QPP. If approved, this will also be added to your eligibility profile in the QPP Participation Status Tool on a rolling basis. If your application is approved at the end of the performance year, it may not appear in the lookup tool until the submission window is open in 2022.
What Happens If My Application is Approved?
If your application is approved, you don’t have to report for the requested MIPS performance category or categories, and those categories will be reweighted.
Please see the various links if you require more information: