Industry Notes: Get Your QPP Hardship Application in Before the Deadline
Plus: Feds push information blocking compliance to next year.
If your Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures have been negatively impacted during the 2020 performance year (PY), you can still submit a hardship application. But, you may want to do it quickly as the deadline is fast approaching.
Details: Due to COVID-19, many MIPS eligible clinicians (ECs) may not be able to meet their Quality Payment Program (QPP) requirements. The QPP offers providers two exception options for PY 2020. They include the following:
If COVID-19 has caused a MIPS EC to deal with “extreme and uncontrollable circumstances...
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