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CMS may be compelled to boost promotion of the Blue Button 2.0 mobile health platform

“Congress is looking to compel the federal government to expand the mHealth platform through which consumers on Medicare and Medicaid can access and use their personal health data.”

“U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) and Yvette Clark (D-NY) last week filed the Mobile Health Record Act of 2018 (HR 7272), which would compel the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to boost promotion of the Blue Button 2.0 mobile health platform to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and develop more mHealth apps…” Read the full article here.

Source: New Blue Button 2.0 Bill Seeks to Put mHealth in the Spotlight – By Eric Wicklund, December 17, 2018. mHealth Intelligence.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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