Congressional pressure is mounting on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to shorten the Meaningful Use program’s reporting time for eligible professionals and hospitals from 365 days to ninety days.
6 U.S. senators last week wrote to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell requesting feedback on draft legislation they are proposing for policy changes designed to improve the MU program.
Previous month, Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) joined by members of the House of Representatives introduced the Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act that would likewise reduce the MU reporting period from one year to ninety days. Currently, providers are required by CMS to show data from 365 days to comply with the MU program.
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