RevCycle Intelligence December 5, 2016
Slavitt urged value-based care progress after MACRA implementation through universal coverage, the CMS Innovation Center, interoperable health IT, and patient-centered care.
As CMS gets ready for MACRA implementation in the new year, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt urged healthcare and political leaders to carry on value-based care progress made under the Affordable Care Act.
In a statement at the MACRA MIPS/APM Summit in Washington, DC on Dec. 1, Slavitt suggested that the healthcare industry continue value-based care progress after MACRA implementation by promoting universal healthcare coverage, supporting the CMS Innovation Center, developing interoperable health IT, and focusing on patient-center care.
“In fact, there hasn’t been a greater stretch of progress in our nation’s history as measured by the amount of...