Advocacy
Here are the latest comment letters and articles by TMA regarding health information technology:
AMA House Rejects MIPS Plan (Texas Medicine Today, Nov. 20, 2019)
TMA Comment Letter on 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule (Sept. 27, 2019)
TMA Comments to CMS on Secure Electronic Prior Authorization for Medicare Part D (Aug. 16, 2019)
TMA Comments to ONC on TEFCA Draft Two (June 17, 2019)
Texans Invite AMA to Join Crusade to Fix QPP (Texas Medicine Today, June 5, 2019)
TMA Comments to ONC on Information Blocking (June 3, 2019)
TMA comments to CMS on Interoperability and Patient Access (June 3, 2019)
Sign Letter Urging Congress to Address EHR Usability
TMA Comments to ONC Re: Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden with EHRs (Jan. 28, 2019)
TMA Comments to ONC Re: the EHR Reporting Program Request for Information (Oct. 17, 2018)
TMA Comments on 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and QPP Proposed Rule (Sept. 10, 2018)
TMA Comments on Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Rule (June 25, 2018)
TMA Comments to ONC Re: Draft Trusted Exchange Framework (Feb. 20, 2018)
TMA Wins MIPS Exemption for Many Harvey-Affected Practices (Action, Dec. 15, 2017)
TMA Comments on 2018 MACRA Program (Aug. 21, 2017)
TMA Letter to CMS Re: Proposed Rules On the Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs that are Part of the Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment Systems (June 13, 2017)
TMA Outlines EHR Concerns for House Chair (Action, Mar. 1, 2017)
TMA Letter to House Chair, Kevin Brady Re: Health Information Exchange (Feb. 15, 2017)
TMA, AMA Letter Asking CMS to Defer Implementation of the 2015 Edition of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) (Feb. 27, 2017)
Make a New Plan, Stan: Physicians Offer 50 Ways to Better MACRA (News release, June 27, 2016)
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