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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – QPP Hardship Exemption Application

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The Quality Payment Program (QPP) 2017 Hardship Exemption Application is NOW OPEN!

What do you need to know?

MIPS eligible clinicians and groups may qualify for a reweighting of their Advancing Care Information performance category score to 0% of the final score, and can submit a hardship exception application, for one of the following specified reasons:

  • Insufficient internet connectivity
  • Extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (***see below for special instructions)
  • Lack of control over the availability of Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT)

There are 2 ways to submit an application:

  • Visit the Quality Payment Program website to submit the 2017 transition year QPP Hardship Exemption.
  • Eligible clinicians may also contact the Quality Payment Program Service Center and work with a representative to verbally submit an application. Contact the Quality Payment Service Center at 1-866-288-8292 or TTY: 1-877-715-6222 or [email protected].

To submit an application, you will need:

  • Your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for group applications or National Provider Identifier (NPI) for individual applications
  • Contact information for the person working on behalf of the individual clinician or group, including first and last name, e-mail address, and telephone number
  • Selection of hardship exception category (listed above) and supplemental information

***Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Category:

  • Provide a start and end date of when the circumstance occurred
  • Select one of the following options:
    • Disaster (e.g., a natural disaster in which the CEHRT was damaged or destroyed)
    • Practice or hospital closure
    • Severe financial distress (bankruptcy or debt restructuring)
    • EHR certification/vendor issues (CEHRT issues)

Once an application is submitted, CMS will send a confirmation email that your application was submitted and is pending, approved, or dismissed. Applications will be processed by CMS on a rolling basis.

SPECIAL STATUS:

Some MIPS eligible clinicians are considered Special Status and will be automatically reweighted and do not need to submit a Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Application. These circumstances are applicable for clinicians in: Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), Rural, Non-patient facing, Hospital Based, and Small Practices. To find out more about how CMS calculated the Special Status visit: https://qpp.cms.gov/participation-lookup/about

For more details regarding the QPP Hardship Exemption visit the QPP website at https://qpp.cms.gov/about/hardship-exception or visit the MediSYS website at www.medisysinc.com.

 

Contact us to find out more about MediSYS at [email protected] or 205-631-5969.