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The plans are committing to adopt value-driven payment structures that expand tech-enabled care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.

ACCESS is a decade-long initiative to expand tech-enabled care and outcome-based payments for Medicare patients with obesity, diabetes, chronic pain and depression.

Smile Digital Health will integrate MCG Path, a FHIR-based application programming interface offering, with Smile's CMS Suite.

Organizations are applauding the goals of transparency and patient access to medical data.

Kristen Valdes, CEO of b.well Connected Health, spoke with MobiHealthNews about how CMS' newly launched Interoperability Framework fits into the company's vision for the future.

HHS strategic advisor Amy Gleason said CMS wants patients to have the ability to scan a QR code at the doctor's office and share their medical history.

The organization is seeking feedback on how to best advance digital health to empower seniors using technology, while reducing administrative burdens and improving interoperability.

The proposed 2025 physician fee schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes payment and coding for digital health tools for behavioral health.

This week's top stories include the CMS ups penalties for hospitals ignoring the price transparency rule, the ATA and other groups ask Congress to safeguard telehealth for workers, and senior assistance company Papa raises $150 million in Series D funding.

This week's top stories include 73 health plans earning five-star ratings for 2022, up from 21 in 2021, and cyber experts warning of an "aggressive" threat actor targeting healthcare.