The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) weighed in on a U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for information (RFI) on streamlining regulatory requirements.
“MGMA appreciates the Administration’s focus on removing excess and detrimental regulations that impede medical groups’ ability to operate effectively. Onerous regulatory burdens have stifled medical groups and caused a myriad of negative impact, ultimately undermining the nation’s health system,” the group noted in comments submitted June 10.
Many processes under the CMS’s purview can be simplified and streamlined to alleviate the substantial regulatory burden felt by physician practices, including Quality Payment Program (QPP) reporting, prior authorization requirements, provider credentialing, healthcare transactions, documentation requirements, and No Surprises Act burdens, the MGMA said.
The RFI is in response to President Trump’s January 31 Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” which calls on federal agencies to reduce private compliance expenditures.
