Home Health Care News February 9, 2022
Andrew Donlan

Former U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma is bullish on a lot.

Speaking at the Home Care 100 conference Tuesday, she expressed enthusiasm for a new era of data-tracking and technology, as well as value-based care, Medicare Advantage and hospital at home.

Most noteworthy to the attendees, however, was her validation of the idea that the home setting was the next frontier in the U.S. health care system.

“I think this is the shift to the home, right?” Verma said. “This is the turning point. While it kind of had gone on before, COVID really accelerated [that shift]. At the same time, there’s a lot of new technology that’s out there that’s enabling it, whether...

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Topics: CMS, Conferences / Podcast, Govt Agencies, Home, Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Payment Models, Trends, Value Based
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