Dive Brief:
- A collection of more than 30 healthcare providers is urging CMS to adopt a 90-day reporting period for meaningful use (MU) in 2016 rather than full-year reporting the agency has proposed.
- The full-year reporting would require complex system changes and impact their ability to comply, the providers wrote in a March 15 letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt.
- The full-year reporting "will force providers to pull resources away from using health IT to innovate care processes and workflows," CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell and CHIME Board Chair Marc Probst said in a joint statement.
Dive Insight:
Providers will face more changes to MU when the final Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) rules are issued.
CMS shortened the reporting period for MU to 90 days in 2015 after providers rallied against CMS' proposed full-year period, as previously reported by Healthcare Dive.
Some of the organizations supporting the call for a 90-day reporting period include: American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Cardiology, America's Essential Hospitals, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Premier Healthcare Alliance, and United Surgical Partners International.