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Two final rules make value-based programs less of a liability for physicians. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced, Nov. 20, coordinated efforts to revise the physician self-referral law, or Stark law, and anti-kickback statute through rulemaking to make value-based programs less risky for healthcare providers to […]
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CMS agreed with continued feedback from stakeholders that these guidelines are potentially outdated and need to be revised, especially the history and exam components.
CMS is seeking comment from stakeholders on specific changes they should undertake to update the guidelines, to reduce the associated burden, and to better align E/M coding and documentation with the current practice of medicine.
Comments on the CMS proposal to revise the E/M documentation guidelines are due no later than Sept. 11, and can be submitted by one of four methods:
1. Submit electronic comments on this regulation to www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for “submitting a comment.”
2. Mail written comments to:
CMS-1676-P 2
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1676-P
P.O. Box 8016
Baltimore, MD 21244-8013.
3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1676-P
Mail Stop C4-26-05
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
4. Deliver (by hand or courier) written comments before the close of the comment period to:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services,
Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201
Among the many provisions detailed within the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, released July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledges that the current evaluation and management documentation guidelines create an administrative burden and increased audit risk for providers: Stakeholders have long maintained that both the 1995 and 1997 guidelines are […]
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