ACP offers recommendations to CMS’s 2018 Physician Fee Schedule proposal

In a letter to CMS, the American College of Physicians offered several recommendations on its proposed rule for the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, focusing on further aligning various Medicare reporting programs and reducing administrative burdens for clinicians.“As a practicing primary care internist, I am greatly encouraged that CMS is proposing substantial improvements to help me and my colleagues provide coordinated, patient-centered, high value and team-based care to our patients,” Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP, chair of the Medical Practice and Quality Committee for the American College of Physicians (ACP), (Read more...)

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