Doc Associations Warn CMS About Coming 'Storm' of Overlapping Regulations

The American Medical Association joined with other physician specialty groups to urge the CMS to consider the “imminent storm” of overlapping regulations going into effect next year.

“We urge CMS to re-evaluate the penalty timelines associated with these programs and examine the administrative and financial burdens and intersection of these various federal regulatory programs,” the groups wrote in the letter (PDF). “We also urge CMS to use its discretionary authority provided by Congress under these programs to develop solutions for synchronizing these programs to minimize burdens to physician practices, and propose these solutions in the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2013.”

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Source: ModernHealthcare

In a letter to acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, the groups expressed concern that the timeline for transitioning to ICD-10 overlaps with other program deadlines, such as e-prescribing, electronic health records and the physician quality reporting system.