News: AMA makes EHR recommendations to CMS
CDI Strategies, October 23, 2014
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The American Medical Association (AMA) addressed weaknesses in CMS’ EHR Incentive Programs and made recommendations for improving the programs in a letter to CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), according to a press release.
- Adopting a flexible approach for meeting meaningful use
- Aligning quality measure requirements with meaningful use requirements to reduce the reporting burden and overlapping penalties
- Ensuring EHR clinical decision support and quality measures are current and follow the latest clinical evidence to improve care for patients
- Restructuring and simplifying the EHR certification to focus on key areas like interoperability and usability
- Making some of the most challenging objectives optional (e.g., view, download and transmit, transitions of care, secure messaging)
- Placing less focus on primary care for stage 3 meaningful use by expanding the options for health IT objectives to meet the needs of specialists
- Requiring physicians to meet no more than 10 requirements for health IT objectives for stage 3 meaningful use
The AMA also made recommendations for improving stages 1 and 2 of the meaningful use program. It is advocating for the removal of penalties for physicians who are attempting to meet program requirements, but have not yet met 100% of requirements. The AMA recommended that CMS and ONC remove penalties for physicians who meet at least 50% of stage 1 and 2 requirements.
Editor’s Note: This article originally published in the HIM-HIPAA Insider.
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