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There needs to be a policy "reset" for physicians post-COVID, healthcare leaders say
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity for a practice and policy “reset” to help permanently reduce administrative headaches for physicians, according to a commentary in published in Health Affairs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators and payers have relaxed or modified long-standing policies to ease documentation burdens for doctors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in early April a series of rules that aimed to remove regulatory burdens facing providers swamped with treating the COVID-19 outbreak.
At the top of the list of impactful changes is the waiver from CMS of policies regarding verbal orders.
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