Good news for allergists! If you were severely impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack, you now have the option to cite the Change Healthcare cyberattack when requesting a 2024 MIPS EUC hardship exception. In the EUC portal, select the event type as “ransom/malware.” Then a drop-down box will appear asking if the event pertains to the Change Healthcare Cyberattack.
Practices have until Dec. 31 to file a hardship application and avoid a 2026 MIPS negative payment adjustment. You can request reweighting of up to four MIPS categories. If all four performance categories are reweighted, you will avoid a MIPS penalty of up to -9 percent in 2026. However, if a physician or group still submits data, it will override the hardship exception and the physician or group will receive a MIPS score.
