Healthcare Risks - CMS Signals that Meaningful Use Program Will Change Significantly for Physicians

3^rd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology

June 29-30, 2016 New Orleans, USA

Todd M Gower

Health and Risk Transformation, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Health Med Inform

Abstract :

On January 11, 2016, CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt announced the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will be replaced significantly in 2017 by the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for physicians. Slavitt stated that CMS has been working closely with physician organizations, and has developed key themes that will guide the changes. CMS plans to move from rewarding providers for the use of technology to rewarding providers for patient outcomes. In addition, Slavitt stated that providers will be able to better customize their technology needs. Moreover, Slavitt explained that CMS is very focused on healthcare technology interoperability to further enhance use. Importantly, however, these new reforms are focused on physicians, not hospitals. This session will explore the importance of using data to prepare for this change beyond meeting acceptable EMR Stage levels.

Biography :

Email: tmgower8@gmail.com