“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one of those “shy” agencies. It seems like the folks at the Baltimore headquarters don’t like to make public appearances at events and subscribe to the theory, “no news is no news.”
“But when CMS executives make their way to the Washington, D.C., area for assorted conferences they bring a plethora of good news and progress.”
“Over the past few months, CMS officials have come out of hibernation at a couple of events, most recently at the AFCEA Bethesda Health IT day and before that at the National Contract Management Association’s Government Contract Management Symposium, to highlight more than talking points, but actual progress in changing the agency.”
“At the AFCEA event, Rajiv Uppal, the CMS chief information officer, detailed the work the agency is doing to move more toward meeting customer expectations…”
“Taking smart risks
Another example is how Main is bringing together all the CXO leaders to address systemic pain points as a group.
“Most functioning organizations can solve things in their own silo, if you will, but it’s when you have stuff that has to cross it that it becomes more challenging,” she said. “We have been actively working together as a leadership team to identify things that will solve multiple groups of problems.”
She said CMS spends almost $2.7 billion on technology so there is a green field of opportunity to save money through consolidation and better contract management…” Read the full article here.
Source: When CMS comes out of hiding, there’s plenty of progress to see – By Jason Miller, January 20, 2020. Federal News Network.
