HealthIT Answers December 16, 2021
By Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in our health care system, especially the ability to quickly share and use reliable data to better understand the health needs of all people across the country. This need for more accessible data is why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) remains committed to making health care data flow more freely and securely among payers, providers, and patients by laying the foundation to foster a more connected health care system.
CMS is working toward this goal by increasing and advancing health care data exchange functionality to better inform decision-making for patients and their providers, support and improve patient care, and reduce the...