HealthIT Answers September 15, 2021
CMS Should Also Correct the ACO ‘Rural Glitch’ As Soon As Possible
In formal comments submitted in response to the proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) (@NAACOSnews) called on the Biden administration to hold off on requiring clinical quality measures to be reported electronically until data interoperability is widely available. While thankful for a three-year delay in ACOs’ move to electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), NAACOS offered several ways to improve the way ACOs report and are measured on quality, which is a hallmark aspect of ACO programs. The final Physician Fee Schedule Rule will be published later this fall.
The use of eCQMs would move ACOs away from manually abstracting data...
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