Premier Submits Comments on CMS RFI on Regulatory Burden

CMS has driven significant efforts to reduce burden over the last two years as part of their Patients Over Paperwork initiative. Earlier this summer, CMS released a request for information from the public on additional areas that the agency should explore in the next phase of the initiative. Premier submitted a comment letter to CMS encouraging CMS to:

• Continue to support innovation to enable providers have real-time access to Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage data at the point of care.
• Strengthen the stability and structure for alternative payments models (APMs) through establishing a regular proposed change and comment period for each APM and addressing model overlaps and giving precedence to total-cost-of-care APMs
• Reform legal barriers to coordinated care
• Streamline and unify quality reporting requirements and improve accuracy of hospital Star Ratings