Patients Over Paperwork: Empowering Patients Through Data
View CMS’s Patients Over Paperwork March newsletter to learn about the MyHealthEData initiative and how CMS is:
- Helping patients get and share their electronic medical records
- Working to improve Health Information Technology, which will lower burden on clinicians and patients
- Helping patients use their healthcare data
- Working across the government on health data
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HIMSS18 Presentations
CMS recently participated in the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS18) Annual Conference & Exhibition. Presentations:
- Meaningful Measures Initiative
- Quality Payment Program Year 2
- Quality Payment Program: Advancing Care Information
- Advanced Alternative Payment Models
- Developer Tools Town Hall
E/M Services Listening Session: Audio Recording and Transcript
An audio recording and transcript are available from the March 21 listening session on Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. CMS seeks comments from stakeholders on potential updates to the guidelines to reduce burden and better align coding and documentation with the current practice of medicine. (augustafreepress.com)