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CMS Has The Clout To Significantly Improve Health Care Delivery, But Fearing Political And Legal Backlash Has Settled Instead For Band-Aids




"For decades, led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the nation’s largest payer, the government has tried, at times admirably, to control rising healthcare costs while improving quality and patient safety, all while demanding accountability and price transparency in the process. Along their 40-year journey to reform, however, CMS has encountered fierce resistance from healthcare delivery organizations, physicians and their powerful lobbies in Washington, D.C. If you follow the money, the reason is obvious: FFS still pays the hospital bills. And, fearing political and legal backlash, CMS instead chose a piecemeal approach to reform." more Telethink Direct Care

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