Meaningful Use
Proposed rule on removing such mandates as "re-approval" is expected to save healthcare facilities $1.12 billion per year.
Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million.
The administration said the burden these programs put on doctors and hospitals has led to consolidation, which reduces competition and drives prices higher.
Eligible clinicians are encouraged to log-in early and often to familiarize themselves with the system.
Physicians transitioning to MIPS and hospitals going for meaningful use can avoid penalty.
The AMA dashboard includes the "wins" and "asks" for MACRA's merit-based incentives and alternative payment models.
Organizations say reducing the reporting burden on clinicians and increasing flexibility is making the broad changes more manageable.
Office of the Inspector General will review accuracy of payments to Medicare hospitals between 2011 and 2016, as well as telemedicine payments.
The healthcare administrative services and IT provider took over a year to notify 220,000 individuals of a breach to its website. HHS is determining if it's a HIPAA-covered business associate.
While the number of providers facing lower reimbursement fell - 257,000 docs were penalized in 2015 and 209,000 in 2016 - the size of the downward adjustment is larger than in years past.