Office of the National Coordinator, CMS: 6 strategies to ensure value-based reimbursement success

In a CMS blog post, Vindell Washington, MD, Office of the National Coordinator’s national coordinator, and Andy Slavitt, CMS acting administrator, provide ways to ensure value-based reimbursement bodes well in future years, according to RevCycle Intelligence.

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The blog posting coincides with the incoming Republican administration, with Dr. Washington and Mr. Slavitt offering six key strategies for officials to consider for value-based reimbursement success.

1. Smoother point-of-care solutions and health IT interactions.
2. More third parties offering health IT solution to physicians.
3. More shared services that are affordable, especially as they pertain to collecting and connecting healthcare data.
4. Standardized patient data for quality improvement.
5. Working to strengthen healthcare data transparency and consolidation.
6. Payers continuing to align on quality measurement and reporting.

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