Fierce Healthcare December 11, 2018
Joanne Finnegan

Practices are subject to ‘unfair business practices’ according to the MGMA.

The nation’s largest group representing physician medical practices says the process to set electronic transaction standards between providers and health plans is “broken” and the government is failing to protect practices from unfair business practices.

In a letter to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) outlined a series of recommendations to revise the process for the development and adoption of new and revised HIPAA administrative simplification standards.

The trade association said improvements are needed to streamline communications between providers and health plans. Its critique came in response to a request for public comments on draft recommendations for a “predictability...

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