On July 10, 2023, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI or “Innovation Center”) released a White Paper, Assessing Equity to Drive Health Care Improvements, outlining their analysis and assessment of health equity incorporation in model designs and
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Trends in Transformation, published by Crowell & Moring LLP, focuses on legal and regulatory developments affecting the healthcare sector. The blog covers topics such as Medicare and Medicaid payment systems, hospital and long-term care facility reimbursement policies, healthcare innovation strategies, public health emergency responses, and federal and state government roles in healthcare delivery. It also addresses issues related to healthcare quality reporting, digital modernization in healthcare, nutrition and public health policy, and the impact of natural disasters on healthcare systems. The blog provides updates on legislative and administrative actions influencing healthcare providers, payers, and policy stakeholders.
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Examining the Use of the Area Deprivation Index in Value-Based Care Models
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recognized that addressing health care disparities and achieving health equity should drive our nation’s top health priorities.[1] According to the CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022-2023, health equity is…
CMS Announces New Demonstration Model Focused on Primary Care
On June 8, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“the Innovation Center”) model focused on improving access to primary care and advancing care management and care coordination.…
Coalition for Health AI Introduces Blueprint for Trustworthy AI in Healthcare
By Roma Sharma
On April 4, The Coalition for Health AI (“CHAI”) released the “Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare,” (“CHAI Blueprint”) which addresses the lack of industry-accepted standard governing the development and implementation of artificial intelligence…
FDA Decentralized Clinical Trials Draft Guidance
On May 2, FDA published a draft guidance on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) to provide recommendations for sponsors, investigators and others on implementation of DCTs, as required by the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA).
Background
DCTs include both…
AI in Health Care: AI Bill of Rights, Future Regulations, and What Business Should Consider Now
By Roma Sharma & Allison Kwon
Rapid developments and competition in artificial intelligence (AI) will drive proliferation of new AI technologies in health care in the coming years, along with a number of legal and ethical issues.
ChatGPT 3.5 created a huge splash, rife with controversy,…
Food is Medicine: Can Policymakers Come to the Table?
In 2021, 1 in 10 American households experienced food insecurity, an issue exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Diet-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are some of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S.…
AI in Health Care: AI Bill of Rights, Future Regulations, and What Business Should Consider Now
By Roma Sharma
Rapid developments and competition in artificial intelligence (AI) will drive proliferation of new AI technologies in health care in the coming years, along with a number of legal and ethical issues.
ChatGPT 3.5 created a huge splash, rife with controversy,…
ONC’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Announces First Cohort of Participants
On January 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) for health information exchange. The Trusted Exchange Framework…
Clinicians Request Continued Medicare Coverage of Remote Patient Monitoring Services at Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting
On February 28, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) contractors—Novitas Solutions (Jurisdictions H and L), First Coast Service Options (Jurisdiction N), Noridian Healthcare Solutions (Jurisdictions E and F), CGS Administrators (Jurisdiction 15), Palmetto GBA (Jurisdictions J and M), and WPS Government Health…