CMS finalizes rules projected to save $800M, 4 million burden hours annually

CMS administrator Seema Verna, MPH, announced final rules today that will save health care providers approximately $800 million and 4 million burden hours annually.
“By 2026, one in every five dollars spent on our economy will be spent on health care,” Verna said in a conference call with reporters, adding that increased health care costs negatively impact governments, communities, businesses and individuals.
“These final rules save money ... and eliminate many of the regulatory requirements that stand like a brick wall between patients and their doctors and do nothing to

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