Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year (FY) 2019 performance budget. – “This performance budget reflects greater programmatic efficiency by using data to drive decision making and leveraging our experience and existing systems to avoid duplication. We will modernize our programs to address the changing needs of the beneficiaries we serve, while leveraging innovation and technology to drive better care. This budget supports continued investments in high priority activities with a focus on high quality service…”
For additional insights on the document and what it all means, you may also want to check out a recent Opinion Piece we posted called CMS and My Friend Joe, in which the author shares the following…
“I am going to introduce you to one of my favorite annual, almost 400-page documents, (yes, I have more than one #nerd), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees, or as I affectionately refer to it (mostly in my head), Joe.”
“If you ever wonder where CMS is heading, or what their priorities are, follow the money. And the money must be justified and explained, which is where Joe comes in. I especially like to compare Joes across fiscal years (FYs) to try to discern where the priorities are shifting. What can be especially telling is the absence of previous years’ content, or the presence of new content…”
