Spotlight on Policy: Amid COVID-19 CMS Holds Physicians Harmless From Up to 9% of MIPs Penalties

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will hold physicians harmless from up to 9% Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) penalties due to the significant disruptions of the COVID-19 public health emergency on physician practices’ performance in 2020. Your MIPS eligibility status is specific to each practice you’re associated with. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine advocated for this automatic relief from MIPS penalties and applauds CMS for ensuring PALTC clinicians will not be unduly penalized during the pandemic.