Healthcare IT News March 2, 2016
Value-based program will score physicians on quality, resource use, practice improvement and certified technology.
LAS VEGAS – Officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday said physicians should expect meaningful use of electronic health records to still be required under coming changes to how CMS pays them under MACRA.
The announcement came during a HIMSS16 listening session focused on the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
Kate Goodrich, MD, director of CMS’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, said that CMS hopes to release the rules in the next few months after collecting feedback from physicians across the country.
“Our intent is to have a single, unified program,” she said, while at the same time offering flexibility and...
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