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 pm (ET).
IMPORTANT: Because CMS is reopening
the 2023 MIPS EUC Exception Application window in response to the Change
Healthcare cyberattack, CMS will only approve applications citing this
cyberattack as the basis for requesting reweighting under the MIPS EUC Exception.
Any applications submitted for reasons outside of the Change Healthcare
cyberattack will be denied. Additionally, any data submitted to CMS will
override your application for those performance categories.