“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering a mandate for Medicare Advantage plan sponsors to adopt data-sharing platforms that can interact with Blue Button 2.0 beginning in 2020.”
“For now, the agency “encourages” health insurers to use data release platforms for members that “meet or exceed the capabilities of CMS’s Blue Button 2.0,” according to an announcement (PDF) this week that raised MA payment rates 3.4% in for fiscal year 2019.”
“… But it appears the agency is at least exploring a more rigorous approach that would require insurers to adopt platforms compatible with Blue Button 2.0…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS hints at Blue Button 2.0 mandates for Medicare Advantage plans in 2020 – Evan Sweeney, April 4, 2018. FierceHealthcare.
