Healthcare Informatics April 2, 2018
Amid the announcement of rulemaking in the Medicare program that was primarily around beneficiary and drug benefit issues for Medicare beneficiaries, CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Administrator Seema Verma on Monday revealed a few proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage program that could eventually impact clinical and healthcare IT leaders in patient care organizations, in terms of potentially greater flexibility around quality measures for providers, even as the quality measures being spoken of Monday were for payers (Medicare Advantage health plans).
The main focus of the press availability that Administrator Verma conducted by phone was a final rule that updates Medicare Advantage (MA) and the prescription drug benefit program (Part D) “by promoting innovation and empowering MA and...