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
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CMS Launches Action Plan for Sickle Cell Disease Month
Everyone deserves a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health and well-being. For far too long, this ideal has felt out of reach for many individuals living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Sickle Cell Disease – an inherited blood disorder, affects approximately 100,000 individuals in the United States, the majority of whom are Black/African American, and/or Hispanic. Too often, individuals with SCD experience pain crises, need hospitalization, navigate complicated care transitions, and face stigma and discrimination in the healthcare system. As we reflect on Sickle Cell Read more about CMS Launches Action Plan for Sickle Cell Disease Month - Blog
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 Transplant Eco-System: The Role of Data in CMS Oversight of The Organ Procurement Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) are federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that play important roles in protecting the health and safety of Americans as they engage with the U.S. healthcare system. The agencies share responsibility for overseeing the organ donation, procurement, and transplantation system. T his is accomplished through CMS’ oversight of the Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and transplant programs, along with HRSA’s oversight of the Organ Procurement and Read more about The Transplant Eco-System: The Role of Data in CMS Oversight of The Organ Procurement Organizations - Blog
Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technologies (MCIT)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to ensuring people on Medicare have quicker access to innovative medical technologies for life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases – like cancer and heart disease. In January 2021, we published a final rule called The Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology and Definition of ‘Reasonable and Necessary’ (MCIT/R&N). The rule would have granted expedited Medicare coverage for up to four years for any U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-designated breakthrough device once the device received or cleared market Read more about Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technologies (MCIT)