| Recently Released Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients over Paperwork Request for Information Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking new ideas from the public on how to continue the progress of the Patients over Paperwork initiative. The RFI on Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients over Paperwork invites patients and their families, the medical community, and other healthcare stakeholders to recommend further changes to rules, policies, and procedures that would shift more of clinicians' time and our healthcare system's resources from needless paperwork to high-quality care that improves patient health. Among other topics in this RFI, CMS solicits new ideas in several areas related to transforming Medicaid and better care for Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible individuals, including: aligning Medicare, Medicaid and other payer coding, payment and documentation requirements and processes; clarifying or simplifying regulations or operations that pose challenges for beneficiaries dually enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid and those who care for such beneficiaries; and simplifying beneficiary enrollment and eligibility determination across programs. The RFI on Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients over Paperwork is posted in the Federal Register and the comment period closes on August 12, 2019. More information on the Patients over Paperwork initiative is available here. Upcoming Trainings and State Webinars Register: New Quality Measures Related to Medicaid Beneficiaries with Physical and Mental Health Integrated Care Needs and Adult Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs (BCN) Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program is hosting a national learning webinar on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET to introduce three new Medicaid quality measures: (1) All-Cause Emergency Department Utilization Rate for Medicaid BCNs, (2) All-Cause Inpatient Admission Rate for Medicaid BCNs, (3) Follow-Up Care for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries who are Newly Prescribed an Antipsychotic Medication. In this webinar, participants will learn about the measures, the steps to calculate each measure, and discuss issues states should consider if they are interested in implementing the measures. This webinar will include a question & answer session. | 
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