Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
CMS Administrator Verma unveils new strategy to fuel data-driven patient care, transparency
26 April 2018 - New Medicare Advantage data resource released.
Today, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced the agency’s new Data Driven Patient Care Strategy as part of the MyHealthEData initiative at the ninth annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C. The strategy positions CMS to further support industry innovation in unleashing the power of data to inform patients’ healthcare decisions and transform the healthcare system by enhancing security and privacy, improving quality, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs.
In March 2018, the Trump Administration announced MyHealthEData, a government-wide initiative spearheaded by the White House Office of American Innovation, designed to help patients access and share their medical data throughout their healthcare journey while ensuring they are empowered to make decisions about when to share it, keeping their information secure and private.
