Tag: Patients Over Paperwork

CMS Creates new Office to Reduce Regulatory Burden

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Tuesday, June 23, the creation of a new Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics “to unify the agency’s efforts to reduce regulatory and administrative burden and to further the goal of putting patients first.” CMS portrayed the new office as “an outgrowth of the agency’s Patients…

CMS’ Verma Marks 2nd Anniversary of Patients over Paperwork Initiative with Listening Session

NAHC shares recommendations as part of stakeholder sessions On October 29, 2019, Administrator Seema Verma celebrated the second anniversary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) signature Patients Over Paperwork (PoP)  initiative by hosting an event that marked progress made to date with addresses by Verma, CMS staff and provider representatives.  In the…

CMS Provides Another Opportunity for Burden Reduction Recommendations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking new ideas from the public on how to continue the progress of the Patients over Paperwork initiative. This RFI provides an opportunity for home health and hospice providers to submit recommendations for relief from burdensome regulations and policies. CMS…

CMS Holds Hospice, Home Health “Patients over Paperwork” Listening Sessions at NAHC Conference

–Sessions part of CMS’ expansion of “customer engagement” initiatives Approximately one year ago the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its “Patients over Paperwork” initiative, under which the agency began in-depth discussions on steps that could be taken to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on health care providers, increase efficiencies, and improve the beneficiary…