CMS’ Kate Goodrich: MACRA changes coming, but not on certified EHR

Easing clinician burden under the payment tracks implemented as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) will be a priority for CMS in this year’s rulemaking, according to Kate Goodrich, MD, the agency’s chief medical officer. What won’t be changing, however, is requiring providers to meet the 2015 edition of certified electronic health record technology (CHERT) standards.

The last MACRA rule allowed 2014 CEHRT products, a move praised by industry groups as removing a significant burden from the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). According to a report from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), CMS won’t delay...