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
June 2023
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Transforming Medicare Coverage: A New Medicare Coverage Pathway for Emerging Technologies and Revamped Evidence Development Framework
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to fostering innovation while ensuring that people with Medicare have faster and more consistent access to emerging technologies that will improve health outcomes. As part of this commitment, today, CMS announced a proposed Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway. Today’s announcement includes a proposed procedural notice and several proposed guidance documents that propose a substantial transformation to our approach to coverage reviews and evidence development. The proposed procedural notice outlines the Read more about Transforming Medicare Coverage: A New Medicare Coverage Pathway for Emerging Technologies and Revamped Evidence Development Framework - Blog
The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support High-quality Primary Care
Introduction Primary care in the United States is in urgent need of investment and support following decades of inadequate payments, increasingly complex delivery of care, and growing administrative burden – all of which have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Access to primary care is associated with improved patient outcomes, increased equity, and lower mortality/higher life expectancy at similar or lower total costs. Despite these well-documented benefits, primary care spending remains low as a proportion of total health care spending, gaps in payment between primary care and specialist care Read more about The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support High-quality Primary Care