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Here are the latest comment letters and articles by TMA regarding health information technology and the Quality Payment Program (QPP):
TMA Comment Letter to the ONC Re: USCDI v3 (Apr. 27, 2022)
TMA Comment Letter to the ONC Re: Request for Information: Electronic Prior Authorization Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria (Mar. 25, 2022)
TMA Comment Letter to CMS RE: Requested Feedback on Medicare and Medicaid COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Flexibilities (Oct. 26, 2021)
TMA Comment Letter to Urban Institute on Draft Developer-Reported Measures for the Electronic Health Record Reporting Program (Sept. 14, 2021)
TMA Comment Letter to CMS on the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule (Sept. 13, 2021)
TMA Comment Letter to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) (July 30, 2021)
TMA Comment Letter to the ONC Re: USCDI v2 (April 15, 2021)
TMA Letter to the FCC Re: COVID-19 Telehealth Program Application Evaluation Metrics (Jan. 14, 2021)
TMA Comment Letter to CMS on Payer APIs and Medicaid CHIP Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (Jan. 4, 2021) Read the TMT article.
TMA Comment Letter to CMS Re: Medicare Program; CY 2021 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies of Proposed Rulemaking (Oct. 5, 2020)
TMA’s Comment Letter on the CMS Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) Request for Information (Sept. 25, 2020)
TMA Comment Letter to the DEA Re: Interim Final Rule on E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) (June 22, 2020)
TMA Comment Letter to the OIG Re: Anti Kickback Statute (Dec. 31, 2019)
TMA Comment Letter to CMS Re: Stark Law (Dec. 31, 2019)
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 Comment Letter 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 Comment Letter to ONC on Information Blocking (June 3, 2019)
TMA Comment Letter to CMS on Interoperability and Patient Access (June 3, 2019)
Sign Letter Urging Congress to Address EHR Usability
TMA Comment Letter to ONC Re: Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden with EHRs (Jan. 28, 2019)
TMA Comment Letter to ONC Re: the EHR Reporting Program Request for Information (Oct. 17, 2018)
TMA Comment Letter 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 Comment Letter 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)
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