CMS to Apply Disaster Waiver for MIPS Clinicians affected by Hurricane Florence

CMS will automatically apply a disaster waiver to certain Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) clinicians who live or practice in areas that were affected by Hurricanes Florence or Michael, or the California wildfires. These MIPS clinicians will automatically qualify for the program’s extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy unless they submit data for more than one MIPS performance category or are part of a group or virtual group that submits data on behalf of its clinicians. More details are here.