HealthIT Answers June 30, 2020
By Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services“
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released preliminary data on COVID-19 derived from Medicare claims. The data provides a highly instructive picture of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population, further confirming a number of long understood patterns in the disease such as the elevated risk for seniors with underlying health conditions. Additionally, in presenting stark socio-economic and racial/ethnic disparities, the data makes the transition from a fee-for-service system to a value-based one that fosters accountability for outcomes more urgent than ever.
Between January 1 and May 16, 2020, over 325,000 Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with COVID-19, and nearly 110,000 of those were hospitalized. These new findings...
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