Fierce Healthcare March 7, 2018
Evan Sweeney

Humana was one of two insurers that came out in favor of CMS initiatives to put claims data in the hands of patients.

LAS VEGAS—After announcing new federal initiatives aimed at putting claims data in the hands of patients, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made a specific plea to insurers to follow the government’s lead.

“I call on all insurers to do as we have done today and give patients their claims data electronically,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma told HIMSS18 attendees.

To facilitate that shift, CMS plans to leverage its existing relationships with private insurers to make sure that same level of data sharing is happening across the industry, Verma told reporters after...

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