CMS Aims to Reduce Physician EHR Burden, Provide More Data

Medscape August 2, 2019
Ken Terry

In the 2020 physician fee schedule proposal released earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) focused on reducing the administrative burden on physicians, including work involving electronic health records (EHRs).

Simultaneously, the agency issued a proposal to reduce and streamline reporting requirements for clinicians who participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), and CMS separately announced a new pilot program to provide Medicare claims data to physicians at the point of care.

While making it easier in the new fee schedule proposal to justify evaluation and management (E/M) codes based on the complexity of medical decision-making or the time spent on delivering care, the physician fee schedule proposal “requires performance of history and exam only...

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