ACI standards streamlined but still a challenge
Physician Practice Perspective, March 10, 2017
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Physician practices are working with a new set of rules when it comes to engaging patients online and encouraging them to view their medical records, and the new Advancing Care Information (ACI) program has made some standards easier to reach than those under the meaningful use program that it replaced.
Under the revised rules for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), many minimum reporting thresholds under ACI are lower than those imposed under modified Stage 2 and Stage 3 meaningful use, and physicians are required to report on fewer measures using a more streamlined scoring system.
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