Primary Care Physician Perceptions of the Impact of CMS E/M Coding Changes and Associations with Changes in EHR Time
PCPs perceived spending less time and effort on documentation after implementation of the 2021 CMS E/M coding changes, changes intended to reduce documentation burden. Using physician perception as an indicator can potentially contribute to understanding the impact of federal policies aimed at reducing documentation burden.
Authors
- Natalya C. Maisel
- Robert Thombley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-1494)
- Julia Adler‐Milstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-6491)
- J. Marc Overhage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0223-0195)
- Lindsey E. Carlasare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9891-8319)
- Christine A. Sinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-5761)
- Kevin Grumbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7809-214X)
- Rachel Willard‐Grace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1876-555X)
- Kathleen Blake
Institutions
- American Medical Association (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09400-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- American Medical Association Foundation