The Future of Healthcare: “The documentation requirement on doctors has become too onerous” with Dr. Michael Lowenstein, MD of the Waismann Method

The documentation requirement on doctors has become so onerous that, instead of spending our time being doctors and practicing medicine, we are wasting time meeting the overwhelming requirements of MACRA. MACRA is the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Part of its function is to streamline multiple quality programs under the Merit Based Incentive Payments System (MIPS). However, the amount of time required to complete documentation has doubled. The 2019 Medscape Physician Compensation Report showed that, in 2012, the majority of physicians had about four hours of paperwork per week. The majority now have over 10 hours per week, and more than a third have over 20 hours per week. To get all of that documentation done, you’re...