HealthLeaders Media March 23, 2018
The CMS principal deputy administrator tries to reassure House members concerned with proposed budget cuts.
WASHINGTON — Pay no attention to that funding cut behind the curtain — physician payment reform and patient empowerment are alive and well, Demetrios Kouzoukas told House members at a hearing on Medicare’s physician reimbursement system.
“I think we share the goal of making sure patients have access to care in a way that makes sense for them,” Kozoukas, who is Director of Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said Wednesday at a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). “As we embark on this journey, we will do...
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