The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) challenged hospital bed capacity severely limiting access to critical medical services in patients’ time of need. In response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collaborated with outside experts to develop what
Lessons from CMS’ Acute Hospital Care at Home Initiative
December 2021
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Interoperability and the Connected Health Care System
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in our health care system, especially the ability to quickly share and use reliable data to better understand the health needs of all people across the country. This need for more accessible data is why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) remains committed to making health care data flow more freely and securely among payers, providers, and patients by laying the foundation to foster a more connected health care system. CMS is working toward this goal by increasing and advancing health care data exchange functionality to better Read more about Interoperability and the Connected Health Care System