Modified Policy On Freedom Of Information Act Disclosure Of Amounts Paid To Individual Physicians Under The Medicare Program

January 17, 2014
Modified Policy On Freedom Of Information Act Disclosure Of Amounts Paid To Individual Physicians Under The Medicare Program
On January 14, 2014, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that starting March 18, 2014, it would begin releasing individual physician Medicare fee-for-service payment data on a case-by-case basis in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. CMS said it will “weigh the balance between the privacy interest of individual physicians and the public interest in disclosure of such information.” A key consideration will be the privacy of Medicare patients. In . . .