Becker's Healthcare July 13, 2018
CMS made a series of changes that will affect the use of health IT in its latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program proposal released July 12.
Changes are aimed at getting physicians to focus on clinically meaningful information rather than data needed strictly for billing purposes. CMS’ goal is to increase the time physicians spend with their patients face-to-face.
“Today’s proposals deliver on the pledge to put patients over paperwork by enabling doctors to spend more time with their patients,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said. “Physicians tell us they continue to struggle with excessive regulatory requirements and unnecessary paperwork that steal time from patient care. This administration has listened and is taking action.”
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