Healthcare DIVE August 31, 2018
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • Center for Medicaid and Medicare Innovation Director Adam Boehler said Thursday the industry should expect CMS to get into a “rhythm of announcements” on value-based care and other CMMI initiatives moving forward. He spoke at an Alliance for Health Policy breakfast, his first official sit-down with Washington media in his new role.

  • Boehler, wrapping up his fourth month as CMMI director and his first as senior advisor for value-based transformation and innovation to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, laid out four focus areas for the administration: empowering the patient as a consumer, making physicians accountable for outcomes, paying for outcomes across the board and preventing negative health outcomes.

  • However, Boehler made sure...

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Topics: CMS, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Value Based
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