CMS Extends 2023 MIPS Submission and EUC Deadline

CMS Announces Reopening of 2023 MIPS EUC Application in Response to the Change Healthcare Cyberattack

In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and is now reopening the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to provide relief to MIPS-eligible clinicians impacted by this cybersecurity incident. The application will be open for the remainder of the extended data submission period, which closes April 15, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET.

Details can be found here.

Who can submit an application for EUC during this extension?

Individual MIPS-eligible clinicians, groups, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities participating in MIPS (including Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations) who anticipate being unable to submit data for the 2023 performance year, or complete their data submission, before the extended deadline due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack can submit a 2023 MIPS EUC Exception Application until 8 p.m. ET on April 15, 2024. They can submit an application to request reweighting for any or all MIPS performance categories.

Please reach out to CMS directly for any questions specific to your practice. 

EyeMD Practice Management Change Incident Impact:

 

Claims submissions and payment processing were largely unaffected by the Change Healthcare outage due to our built-in clearinghouse. Certain operations that were affected were quickly rerouted using alternative pathways. EyeMD PM customers were part of a very small minority of providers who did not experience significant payment disruptions! Although payments continued uninterrupted, Electronic Remittance Advices (ERA) and eligibility requests were and continue to be delayed for certain payers.

Timelines for full restoration of services are estimated as follows:

  • Eligibility processing: Week of 3/25.
  • Electronic Remittance Advices (ERA): Week of 4/1.

For a full list of payer specific routing updates, please visit: https://etactics.com/change

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