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5 Medicare payment policy updates you need to know for 2016

With the release of a nearly 1,360-page final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the policies that will govern physicians’ Medicare payments in 2016. From the comprehensive list of updates, we’ve identified five particularly noteworthy changes you should know.

Medicare & Medicaid
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EHR meaningful use doomed unless Congress steps in

Congress just received an urgent call to action from physicians: Unless lawmakers intervene in the federal electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, physicians likely will abandon the program completely.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Framework evaluates top 20 EHRs—and they don't quite measure up

Electronic health record vendors must test their products for usability. A new comparative evaluation employs a framework with a 15-point scale to compare the design and testing processes for optimizing EHR usability. The top 20 products were reviewed.

Digital
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What physicians need to know about the new EHR regulations

New regulations outline requirements for the electronic health record meaningful use program for Medicare. Find out what physicans need to know about some of the most important changes that will affect a medical practice.

Medicare & Medicaid
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New meaningful use rules issued, despite calls for reassessment

Two major regulations pertaining to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program were issued. The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes changes in current reporting requirements and sets forth requirements for meaningful use Stage 3, which is planned for implementation in 2018.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Meaningful Use regulations represent progress; More work to be done

The AMA Statement on Meaningful Use expresses appreciation and continued concern to the CMS and the ONC.

Press Releases
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Without modifications rule, physicians need EHR exemption

Proposed flexibilities in the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program for Medicare have yet to be finalized. The AMA is calling on regulators to issue an automatic hardship exemption so physicians aren’t penalized for regulatory delays outside their control.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Regulations are sidelining patients: Physicians talk EHRs

Electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use regulations continue to interfere with practice efficiency, but how are they affecting patient care? Physicians took the floor at a special town hall meeting, giving the detailed answers to this question that federal policymakers need to hear.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Physicians watching and waiting for 2015 Meaningful Use requirements

The AMA is calling on CMS to create hardship exemption to EHR Meaningful Use due to the agency's delay in issuance of "modification rule."

Press Releases