On October 26, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new program called Patients Over Paperwork. Their stated aims are to reduce unnecessary burden, increase efficiency, ...

While accreditation strengthens patient safety, measures quality and safety of care, and holds healthcare providers accountable to their patients and the community they serve, federal regulation ...

In June, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally asked for suggestions on how to reduce the administrative burden of health care. The move comes as part of the administration's ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Patients, not paperwork, should be the priority of physicians and Sen. Roger Marshall has helped to introduce legislation to refocus the industry. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently took the next step in its Patients Over Paperwork initiative by publishing a second request for information (RFI). This RFI seeks public ...

For those providers—and there are more than a few—that believe the administrative and regulatory burdens associated with participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs negatively affect their ...

"Patients belong at the center of the healthcare system. For too long, they have been shunted aside, as mountains of paperwork distracted their clinicians and increased their bills. A recent study ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The Affordable Care Act was sold, in part, on the promise it would increase access to ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds approved legislation Wednesday aimed at reducing administrative burdens for prior authorization ...