Industry Notes: Get Your QPP Hardship Application in Before the Deadline

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Article Overview

This article gives a short overview of COVID-19-related exception options within the Quality Payment Program for the 2020 performance year, including how the deadline and portal access requirements affect clinicians seeking relief. It also notes a separate federal update affecting information blocking compliance timing. The piece is aimed at clinicians, practice administrators, and coding or compliance staff who track Medicare quality reporting requirements and related regulatory deadlines.

Why This Topic Matters

It highlights time-sensitive Medicare quality program exceptions that may affect performance category scoring and reporting obligations during the 2020 performance year. It is useful for organizations that need to monitor federal program deadlines and compliance changes.

What You Will Learn

  • The general purpose of 2020 Quality Payment Program hardship and exception options
  • Which types of organizations or clinicians may need to review the exception applications
  • That portal access and deadline timing are relevant to submitting an application
  • That the article also mentions a separate delay related to information blocking compliance

Who Should Read This

  • MIPS eligible clinicians
  • Physician practices
  • Practice administrators
  • Compliance staff
  • Medical coding professionals

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