As we stated in the CY 2024 PFS final rule, we believe that because E/M visit codes are intended to be used very broadly, the complexity of services required to provide this type of care is not fully incorporated as part of the valuation of the work RVUs when the E/M code itself is used as the primary way to report the work of the professional (88 FR 78972)
In the CY 2022 PFS final rule, we stated our intent to assess the performance of clinicians participating in subgroups in the Promoting Interoperability performance category using subgroup level data to the extent that it is operationally feasible (86 FR 39371 and 39372)
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