Coalition urges CMS to withdraw med staff provision of proposed rule

April 19, 2013
Credentialing Resource Center Digest

A coalition of hospital groups last week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposal that they said would prevent multihospital systems from integrating their medical staff. The coalition's April 8 letter, which appeared on the American Hospital Association website, was signed by the CEOs of six hospital associations. “CMS has not offered a compelling reason as to why such a policy is necessary,” the letter stated.  

The medical staff proposal is included in Part II-Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction, CMS 3267-P. The hospital systems objected to the provision that prevents staff integration, but not the entire proposed rule.
 
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