The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are working together to build what they’re calling a “real-world data platform” that can be used to research claims information, electronic…
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CMS Halts State Program Funding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced plans to significantly reduce Medicaid funding by ending federal matching for state health programs. In a letter sent to states…
Covid-19 Waivers Extended Again
On March 15, President Trump signed a continuing resolution passed by Congress extending COVID-19-era Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations for telehealth and hospital-at-home through September 30, 2025. This recent…
On March 15, President Trump signed the continuing resolution passed by Congress, which extended COVID-19-era Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations applicable to telehealth and hospital-at-home through September 30, 2025. It’s only the most…
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Solving Healthcare’s $125 Billion Fax ProblemBy Thomas Thatapudi
Thomas Thatapudi, MBA is CIO of AGS Health.
In the six years since Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services called for an end to faxing…
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Erin Crum, Sr. Director of Quality Strategy and Innovation, The US Oncology Network and McKesson
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) as part of its ongoing revisions…
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Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO of Rimidi
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) update to the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule includes a measure that holds significant promise for advancing cardiovascular disease…
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Introduction
To improve access to preventive and reproductive healthcare, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a rule to expand coverage for birth control and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The proposed rule…
Rahul Sharma, CEO of HSBlox
The famous quote “What gets measured, gets managed” is often incorrectly attributed to business guru Peter Drucker. Although Drucker may not believe that maxim entirely, when it comes to value-based…
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Wider adoption of value-based care (VBC) would be a boon to our healthcare system by lowering costs and improving outcomes for all three “Ps”: patients, providers and payers.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
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