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This podcast demonstrates CMS commitment to transparency and outreach by presenting CMS-related policies, updates, and innovations on as many platforms as possible. It is also a direct response to stakeholder suggestions that a podcast would be a modern, user-friendly way to stay informed about the…

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    • Nov 19, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Key Actions for Nursing Homes to Implement Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 5:12


    Based on feedback received from frontline clinicians, this episode will focus on pressing questions requiring immediate action such as: infection control practices and donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) and reinforce available trainings and resources.

    Episode 8: Health Care Price Transparency

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 26:25


    : Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is releasing the latest episode of our podcast, CMS: Beyond the Policy. Today's edition is titled "Health Care Price Transparency." Administrator Seema Verma is joined by Dr. Larry Van Horn of Vanderbilt University to discuss transparent pricing in health care and how CMS is delivering on the President's executive order on price and quality transparency to empower patients and increase competition among providers.

    Episode 7: Medicare Open Enrollment / What you Need to Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 7:32


    Today's edition is titled "Medicare Open Enrollment: What You Need to Know." Kim Brandt, Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations, outlines what Medicare beneficiaries should know for this year's open enrollment season, share what's new and different, and provide some important fraud prevention tips.

    Episode 6: Dispatches from the Blue Button Developers Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 20:07


    Today's edition is titled "Dispatches from the Blue Button Developers Conference." This annual event brings together some of the nation's top private-sector developers who are helping CMS to better serve Medicare beneficiaries by leveraging Medicare claims data. This podcast features key remarks from CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the application developers and Medicare beneficiaries, regarding the launch of the pilot project, Data at the Point of Care, and the value of these applications.

    Episode 5: Nursing Home Strategy Part 1 - Strengthening Oversight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 16:20


    Today's 5th edition of the Beyond the Policy podcast focuses on the first of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' 5-pronged strategy on strengthening oversight in nursing homes. This podcast features CMS Administrator Seema Verma, Dr. Kate Goodrich, CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director of our Center for Clinical Standards and Quality and Matt Hittle, Senior Advisor to the Administrator discussing agency efforts regarding nursing home oversight.

    Episode 4: A Throwback to the 2019 HIMSS Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 13:48


    This edition of the podcast highlights some of the key perspectives from attendees at the 2019 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, or HIMSS, Annual Conference. At this year's conference, Administrator Seema Verma gave two keynote presentations on the agency's vision for the future and its focus on interoperability.

    Episode 3: CMS Innovation Center: Where we are, How Models are Developed and the Next Steps in Value

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 21:50


    Today's edition of the CMS: Beyond the Policy Podcast will focus on the CMS Innovation Center. The CMS Innovation Center acts as a developer and testing ground for innovative payment and service delivery models to improve quality of care for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries, and to save taxpayer money. The episode features a discussion on the direction of the CMS Innovation Center with the CMS Administrator, Seema Verma and the CMS Innovation Center Director, Adam Boehler moderated by Tom Corry, the CMS Director of the Office of Communications.

    Episode 2: 2019 CMS Quality Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 17:22


    This episode highlights some of the key perspectives from participants at the 2019 CMS Quality Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2019 CMS Quality Conference convened 3,000 thought-leaders from across the healthcare spectrum to share insights and ideas on how we can all continue putting patients first, promote healthcare choice, drive value, and unleash innovation - all of which was underscored by the 2019 conference theme of "Innovating for Value and Results."

    Episode 1: Evaluation and Management Coding

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 9:41


    An overview of recent changes to Evaluation and Management Coding as finalized in the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule.

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