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By now you've likely caught wind of the small, 2,400-page final rule CMS issued Oct. 14 that puts a finishing touch or two on CMS' new era of quality reporting and value-based payments.
Imagine a system that allows providers to gain reimbursement for time spent grappling with administrative issues such as insurance pre-authorizations that eat up valuable resources. A pipe dream? Perhaps not.
A strong advocate for relieving doctors of their meaningful use reporting burden has lost her House primary election and will leave Congress. But don't despair -- her replacement has largely voted with her on health IT issues. 
You have a new payment opportunity in 2016 if you’re an eye doctor, but it’s not all good news – a number of codes involving retinal surgery will see significant pay cuts Jan 1.
Avoid misusing surgical terms for stents and catheters or you might find that your patient reports don’t match up with the latest CPT terminology.

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