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Hurricane Ida added to Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances policy for MIPS

September 27, 2021

Hurricane Ida added to Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances policy for MIPS

In response to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designation of Hurricane Ida as a major disaster, CMS has determined that the automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy will apply to Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians in FEMA-designated disaster areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, and Missouri for 2021.

MIPS eligible clinicians in these areas will be automatically identified and receive a neutral payment adjustment for the 2023 MIPS payment year. All four performance categories for these clinicians will be weighted at 0% in 2021, resulting in a score equal to the performance threshold.

However, if MIPS eligible clinicians in these areas choose to submit data on two or more performance categories, they’ll be scored on those categories and receive a 2023 MIPS payment adjustment based on their 2021 MIPS final score.

The automatic EUC policy won’t apply to MIPS eligible clinicians participating in MIPS as a group, virtual group, or Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity.

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