AHA and NRHA wrote a letter to CMS stating that physicians and other professionals who bill for outpatient services provided in a CAH using Method 2, the “optional method,” may be inappropriately classified as hospital-based when they should be eligible for the EHR programs, according to the report.
The associations also said CMS is wrongly excluding covered Medicare Part B charges billed under Method 2 from calculations of incentive payments.
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