AMA Response To CMS Request For Comments On Medicare Disclosure Of Individual Physician Reimbursement

September 5, 2013
AMA Response To CMS Request For Comments On Medicare Disclosure Of Individual Physician Reimbursement
A court ruling in May 2013 lifted an injunction preventing the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from disclosing how much it paid individual physicians. On August 6, 2013, CMS sought public comment on its plans to revise policies on disclosing Medicare fee-for-service reimbursements made to individual physicians. Comments were due by September 6, 2013. This response was submitted by the American Medical Association (AMA) and numerous other signers representing other physician specialist groups. CMS received more than 130 . . .