November 11, 2022
Transition to Value
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials shared their vision for encouraging more plans to adopt value-based care arrangements. Speaking at the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network Summit on value-based care, Ellen Montz, director of the CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, said that the agency hopes to capitalize on the momentum in the marketplace to “make sure that we are continuing to build the market but also focus on the outcomes we are delivering to our consumers.” CMS is also trying to align its quality metrics across the center’s various programs to help ease administrative burden, improve data collection, and address health disparities. (Article here)