The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will apply its MIPS extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy automatically to all individually eligible MIPS-eligible clinicians for the 2021 performance year. CMS is also extending the deadline for the MIPS extreme and uncontrollable circumstances application.
In its Nov. 10 announcement, CMS said the automatic application of the policy will apply only to all individually eligible MIPS eligible clinicians, and only for the 2021 performance year. The automatic EUC policy only applies to MIPS eligible clinicians who are eligible to participate in MIPS as individuals. The automatic EUC policy doesn’t apply to groups, virtual groups, or alternative payment model (APM) entities.”
The announcement included instructions for applying for an EUC exception for these groups: MIPS eligible clinicians who are eligible to participate in MIPS as individuals, small practices reporting Medicare Part B claims measures, groups, virtual groups, APM entities and Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs.
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