In a letter addressed to "clinicians," CMS Administrator Seema Verma asserted the agency's commitment to reducing administrative burden, highlighting changes to evaluation and management documentation requirements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking a third-party contractor to help better communicate the requirements of the Quality Payment Program.
According to a new report, pricing and usage are the two biggest factors to blame for variation in health-care costs among different regions of the country.
Although more than nine out of 10 clinicians who participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System will receive an increase, the amount of the adjustment is likely to be minimal.
Among the findings of the 9,000-physician survey was that 79 percent of respondents considered relationships with patients the most satisfying part of the profession.
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