Information blocking is a no-go, according to CMS.
There's no denying that technology pushes healthcare forward, making light work of documentation, billing, and prescribing. Some believe that the free flow of information from provider to patient has been hampered by regulation. CMS wants to change that.
Review: In a release at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, CMS advised practices thatit plans to "overhaul" the current federally-mandated EHR system that's tied to Medicare reimbursement and improve patients' access to their own health data.
Pocket this overview of the biggest takeaways from CMS...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.
Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations — and onboard your team — with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI's Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Alert will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, payer policies, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.
Current newsletters added each month
Fully searchable archives - over 4200 articles
ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products: