The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Plan to Enhance Public Access to the Results of CMS-Supported Research (CMS Public Access Plan) describes how CMS will take steps to ensure CMS-supported research and their associated scientific data will become more open and available to the public.
What is the CMS Public Access Plan?
The CMS Public Access Plan provides a roadmap for how CMS will enhance access to scholarly publications and their associated scientific data and will ensure these research products are useful and accessible to the public. The CMS Public Access Plan seeks to address the requirements outlined in the August 25, 2022, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Memorandum, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research”.
Key objectives of the CMS Public Access Plan include:
- Ensuring the public gains free access to journal articles or final accepted manuscripts resulting from CMS funding; and
- Increased access to scientific data displayed in or underlying CMS-supported publications.
For questions, contact CMSPublicAccessPolicy@cms.hhs.gov.
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