Healthcare Finance News January 3, 2024
Susan Morse

A corrective action process would allow providers to rectify conduct without dissuading them from participating in Medicare, MGMA says.

The National Association of ACOs is asking for changes to the information blocking rule prohibiting participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program if the ACO or its clinicians for noncompliance.

NAACOS submitted a letter to Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for Health Information Technology at the Office of the National Coordinator, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on January 2, the deadline to submit comments on the proposed rule.

Prohibiting ACO participation as a penalty for information blocking penalizes patients by blocking participation in value-based models aimed at improving patient care, NAACOS said. It advises...

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