RevCycle Intelligence December 5, 2016
Jacqueline Belliveau

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...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Congress / White House, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), MACRA, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Regulations, Value Based
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