BC Advantage - 2022 Issue 7

Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Penalty Phase Set to Begin

Will the requirement to use Clinical Decision Support (CDS) finally become a reality? The current timetable for the penalty phase of the AUC/CDS rule calls for it to begin on the later of January 1, 2023, or the January 1 following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The PHE has just been extended another 90 days into July 2022, with no end in sight, though there are some indications that it could end this year. One source reports that the Administration will give 60 days’ notice before ending the PHE [1]. With this uncertainty, it would...

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