CMS Unveils More User-Friendly Medicare Website - CMS.gov

 According to the press release:

"New Medicare.gov will incorporate public feedback and make it easier to compare, choose, and understand Medicare coverage.

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled several updates to the Medicare.gov website that make it easier, for millions of people who use it, to navigate and access information to compare and select health and drug coverage and find providers. The updated website, based on consumer feedback, prominently features timely initiatives and messages on the homepage and highlights key tasks and information most frequently sought by people with Medicare, people nearing Medicare eligibility, and their families."

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CMS Issues Sunshine Rule - Applies to Drug and Device Manufacturers

CMS Issues Sunshine Rule:

"The rule, a provision of the Affordable Care Act known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, "finalizes the provisions that require manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program to report payments or other transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals to CMS," the statement explained. "CMS will post that data to a public website. The final rule also requires manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) to disclose to CMS physician ownership or investment interests.""

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Device-Makers Critical of Medicare Competitive Bidding

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Device-makers slam Medicare competitive bidding expansion - The Hill's Healthwatch:

"The medical-device lobby is railing against a new expansion of Medicare's competitive bidding program for durable equipment, a policy projected to save billions of dollars for beneficiaries and the Part B Trust Fund by 2022.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) said that the expansion could deprive patients of their preferred medical tools and tests.

"The competitive bidding program is built in such a way that the lowest bid — which may not be the right bid — may compromise patient access to products best suited for their needs," AdvaMed President Stephen Ubl said Thursday in a statement. "

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Accelerating the Use of Electronic Prescribing to Improve Health Care

Updated July 9, 2020

The original post didn't age well.

You might also be interested in this journal article from about the same timeframe, 2009:

Interoperable Electronic Prescribing In The United States: A Progress Report
The adoption of e-prescribing has started to accelerate, but its use is not yet as widespread as policymakers want it to be. (Health Affairs)

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How appropriate for October, which is National Pharmacy Month! There's an effort to help the U.S. health care system transition from a largely paper-based system of prescribing to electronic prescribing, in order to support more effective medication management. The eHealth Initiative in collaboration with the Center for Improving Medication Management, offers a series of guides and reports have been issued over the last several months to support the effective adoption of e-prescribing to drive improvements in the quality, safety and effectiveness of health care:

1. Electronic Prescribing: Becoming Mainstream Practice
2. A Clinician's Guide to Electronic Prescribing
3. A Consumer's Guide to Electronic Prescribing
4. A Guide for Health Care Payers to Improve the Medication Management Process

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CMS-eRX: Officials Lay Out Cost-Benefit Analysis of E-Prescribing Bonuses
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