Due to the ongoing impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on an increasing number of physician practices, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added an option to cite the cyberattack when requesting a hardship exemption within the 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
CMS has added the option to the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) application. The 2024 MIPS EUC portal is now open, and physicians have until Dec. 31 to file a hardship application and avoid a 2026 MIPS negative payment adjustment