Fierce Healthcare November 21, 2017
AHA and HIMSS were among the associations calling for Seema Verma to build data and technology into new payment models.
Months after federal health officials said they want to push the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation in a “new direction,” provider and health IT associations are advocating for the inclusion of health technology and data in new payment models.
Several organizations, including the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and HIMSS highlighted the need for real-time data and health informatics tools to properly execute value-based payment models.
Their comments were submitted in response to a...