Healthcare DIVE June 28, 2016
Dive Brief:
- CMS received3,849 comments on the MACRA implementation proposed rule.
- Theproposed rule was released in May.
- Early reactions to the rulecriticized the proposed rule could adversely affect small practices.
Dive Insight:
The comments varied on takes and requests. Some seemed to be useful feedback, such as “I am writing to request that CMS explicitly recognize continuing medical education (CME) activities provided by a nationally-recognized accreditor as a clinical practice improvement activity within the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).” Another commentator thought “too much payment emphasis is being placed on EHRs.” Other comments seemed to offer no improvement suggestions, such as one commentator stating, “This is a disaster. Please stop making the practice of medicine impossible.”
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