Chief Healthcare Executive April 23, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is aiming to create a voluntary program for hospitals to share information about their impact on the environment.
For the first time, the federal government wants to ask hospitals and other healthcare providers to share data on carbon emissions and their impact.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is looking to launch a voluntary environmental program for hospitals and healthcare organizations. If finalized, the program would begin Jan. 1, 2026 and run until Dec. 30, 2030.
For hospitals and healthcare providers that wish to participate, the CMS would ask organizations to monitor and address emissions, and their impact on health outcomes and costs, according to a fact sheet from the agency released...