“The federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation should focus more on increased interoperability, more value-based payment programs, and expanded telehealth coverage, hospitals and payers say.”
“Those were the recommendations which resulted from the CMS Innovation Center’s recent request for information from the health industry about which improvements could lower spending and improve outcomes.”
“In all, the agency received about 1,000 comments from insurers, associations and providers, with many of those comments focused on…”
“… As part of an annual Medicare payment update, the agency announced it was refocusing the program to interoperability and mandating an update to 2015 Certified EHRs beginning next year…” Read the full article here.
Source: Future CMS innovation center initiatives could include outcomes-based drug pricing, telehealth – By Mike Stankiewicz, Apr 25, 2018. FierceHealthcare.
