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- Reminder: CMS Accepting 2023 MIPS Hardship Exception Applications
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) applications for MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception and MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception are available for the 2023 performance year. Applications can be submitted until 8 PM. ET on January 2, 2024. MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, and virtual groups may apply to reweight any or all MIPS performance categories if they have been affected by extreme and uncontrollable circumstances that impact these performance categories.
For the 2023 performance year, CMS continues to use the MIPS exception policy to allow clinicians, groups, virtual groups, and alternative payment model entities to apply requesting reweighting of MIPS performance categories due to COVID-19. CAP encourages MUPS-eligible pathology practice that may be affected by COVID and other hardships to apply sooner rather than later. If CMS denies the application, pathologists will need to report MIPS, or be subject to a penalty. For more information visit the Quality Payment Program Resource Library.