Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Wave 6 Clinician Expert Workgroup Webinars on Cost Measure Development
CMS has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop episode-based cost measures for their potential use in the cost performance category of MIPS. Part of Wave 6 of measure development, Acumen convenes Clinician Expert Workgroups to provide input on all components of cost measure specifications.
What’s Happening at the ONC
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including an updated version of the SRA Tool, a new data brief on hospital use of APIs, and several fall events to attend.
FDA’s IT Strategy: Unlocking Potential, Leading Transformation
By Vid Desai & Jessica N. Berrellez – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released its comprehensive FDA Information Technology Strategy for Fiscal Years 2024 to 2027 (IT Strategy), marking a defining roadmap for the agency’s technological advancement and the alignment with its broader public health mission.
NAACOS Largely Supports Proposed Changes to Medicare’s Largest ACO Program
By Aisha Pittman MPH & Clif Gaus ScD – NAACOS has been advocating for several changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program. We push for policies we feel would increase participation in accountable care organizations and help CMS reach its stated goal of having all Medicare beneficiaries in a relationship accountable for quality and total cost of care by 2030.
Bringing “Interop in 2030” to the Present – Are We There Yet?
By Paul L Wilder – This year, the hot topic in health interoperability has been TEFCA. Even when we try to think of other things it comes back to that. Here at CommonWell we are proud of 10 years making connections and over 210M lives registered in our system for whom we have made health better through data.
Checking In on Hospital EHR APIs
By Catherine Strawley & Wes Barker – Thanks to a decade of effort, nearly every U.S. hospital today stores health data electronically. To put that data to work, however, clinicians and patients need to be able to access and appropriately share that data.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
Advancing Genomic Data-Sharing for Research and Patient Care
By Stephanie Garcia – Genomic variations can affect a patient’s risk for cancer, response to medications, and numerous other vital health outcomes. In fact, nine of the ten leading causes of death in the U.S. are influenced by genomic factors. The need for systems that help clinicians integrate genomics into care decisions has grown in importance.