Digital Health Tools and Technologies: An Overview of CMS’ Recent Efforts to Expand Their Use in Medicare

As an increasing share of older adults have adopted digital health technologies over the past several years, and with most expressing interest in using them to manage their health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced several initiatives to expand the use of digital health technologies in Medicare. This brief summarizes…

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AI: Rewiring the Machine

In a conversation focused on the technology underlying AI in health care, Chip is joined by Seema Verma, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and now Executive Vice President and General Manager at Oracle Health and Life Sciences, the second largest electronic health records (EHR) platform in the U.S. Seema shares her insights on the evolution of EHRs and why it’s necessary to redesign these systems to better…

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Life Not As We Know It

By KIM BELLARD Well, let’s see. Last week much of the U.S. and parts of Europe were under a crippling heat dome. The U.S. celebrated its 250th birthday. And there’s something called the World Cup going on, for those of you who care about such things. But, I mean, really, the news of the week?…

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