Healthcare IT News January 12, 2016
The meaningful use program is on the cusp of major changes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said late Monday, adding that 2016 would likely see the end of the program altogether.
The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, with its emphasis on a new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models, demands a new streamlined regulatory approach, he said, speaking at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
Slavitt also posted the news on Twitter on Monday.
While offering few details, Slavitt pointed to March 25 as “an important date” for these new initiatives, according to a report from Internal Medicine News – which quoted him as saying that “We...
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