Tag: CHIP

  • Medical Association Urges CMS to Reduce EHR and MU Burden on Physicians

    Medical Association Urges CMS to Reduce EHR and MU Burden on Physicians

    The Medical Association has joined forces with the American Medical Association, Medical Group Management Association and 85 other medical groups to urge Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce electronic health record and meaningful use requirements on physicians. In a letter to new CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the groups first welcomed the new administration’s…

  • Opinion: All Americans Need Access to Affordable, Quality Care

    Editorial contributed by John Meigs Jr., M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, member of the Medical Association Board of Censors, and a family physician in Centreville, Ala. Editorial reprinted by permission. Since Election Day, health care analysts have tried to forecast the fate of our health care system. Much remains uncertain, but…