Becker's Healthcare September 11, 2019
CMS Administrator Seema Verma urged hospitals to “reject the status quo” and focus on moving to value-based payment as well as solving the healthcare problems that patients are struggling with.
Her remarks came during a Sept. 10 American Hospital Association meeting in Washington, D.C.
She said hospitals must choose between “two profoundly different paths for the future of our healthcare” — Medicare for All or a public option, or the Trump administration’s approach of “moving to a system of competition and value.”
She asked hospitals to consider that Americans are tired of rising healthcare costs, and many patients, even those who have insurance coverage, have experienced surprise out-of-network medical bills.
“This is simply not fair to patients,” said Ms. Verma....
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