RevCycle Intelligence August 19, 2019
In response to a CMS call for information, hospitals highlighted the need for medical billing and prior authorization reform to reduce administrative burden.
CMS recently called on industry stakeholders to suggest ways that the agency can reduce administrative burdens, and hospitals did not disappoint.
The federal agency received over 560 comments in response to a formal request of information on its Patients Over Paperwork initiative, which was launched in 2017 to reduce unnecessary burden, increase efficiencies, and improve the beneficiary experience.
To date, CMS has implemented several reforms through the initiative, such as reforming evaluation and management (E/M) coding, simplifying office visit documentation, and reducing the complexity of Medicare’s Quality Payment Program.
But hospitals and other providers say CMS can...
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