The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an initiative to examine which provider regulations should be discarded or revamped amid concerns that the regulations are reducing the amount of time that physicians spend with patients.
Recession and recovery, as well as implementation of health reform impacted health care coverage.
Standards were set in a 2014 rule aiming to improve the quality of care that disabled enrollees received outside of institutions.
Three new resources help physicians that are already participating and who are considering a Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
Up to $80 million is to be invested into training programs over the remaining four years.
There were substantial improvements that were proposed for care coordination and planning for primary care physicians.
