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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reviewing whether software functions that lead to cloned notes “should be off limits.”

HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari told the Center for Public Integrity that a “policy-setting committee of experts” will “examine the issue and make recommendations on how to address it.”

You may now view providers’ Personal Transaction Account Numbers (PTANs) and Medicare ID reports on the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS) online, the latest CMS upgrade that eases the electronic enrollment process (9/5/12, 8/24/12, 7/9/12, 3/5/12).

The committee that advises Congress on Medicare policy will meet this week to discuss possible changes to physician payments.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) will consider “whether certain payments under the physician fee schedule ... should be adjusted geographically,” according to a MedPAC’s own brief for the meetings Oct. 4 and 5.

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