CMS Proposed Rule: Make Medicare Data Available to Providers

CMS has issued a new proposed rule that would allow qualified organizations to access patient-protected Medicare data. The goal of this move is to help consumers find high-quality care and help providers offer it, according to the agency.

The data would be combined with private-sector claims data to determine which providers offer quality, cost-effective care. CMS would also - for a fee - standardize Medicare Parts A, B and D data for organizations that are able to process it and use it for evaluating provider and supplier performance.

Reports that are released to the public would only contain aggregated information. Individual patient records would not be released.

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