Ways & Means GOP Lays Out Medicare Red Tape Reduction Package

House Ways & Means Republicans put a spotlight on a package of bills Tuesday (Dec. 11) as part of their Medicare Red Tape Relief Project, including legislation to give providers an annual vehicle to tell CMS how to reduce administrative burden, codify CMS’ quality measure removal factors, permanently get rid of physician supervision requirements for critical access hospitals, repeal the 96-hour rule for critical access hospitals, and require prior authorization notification and a study on simplification. Some of that legislation...