Most physicians face a 2.31% conversion factor cut in January, while CMS pared back its same-day payment reduction and pushed the end of traditional MIPS to 2031.
|Articles|January 10, 2013
Building a patient-centered framework
A practice can move to patient-centered care in five ways, according to the National eHealth Collaborative's recently released Patient Engagement Framework.
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A practice can move to patient-centered care in five ways, according to the National eHealth Collaborative's recently released Patient Engagement Framework.
The framework was created to help physicians create a system of care that empathizes with the patient experience. Specifically, the framework advocates an approach to care built on:
- informing patients,
- engaging patients,
- empowering patients,
- partnering with patients, and
- supporting patients’ community.
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