CMS Payment Policy, E&M Guideline Reform, and the Prospect of Electronic Health Record Optimization

Peter Basch; Jeffery R. L. Smith

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1676337

Applied Clinical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Appl Clin Inform 2018; 09(04): 914-918
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676337

Invited Editorial

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

CMS Payment Policy, E&M Guideline Reform, and the Prospect of Electronic Health Record Optimization

Autoren

Peter Basch

¹MedStar Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jeffery R. L. Smith

²American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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