STAT+: How DOGE is hitting CMS, and another go with transparency
In this week's Health Care Inc. newsletter: How DOGE is hitting CMS, another go with health care price transparency, and more.
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Hello and welcome. I’ll tell ya what. Nothing says “radical transparency” like making a federal agency’s processes less transparent. You know where you can always submit public comments? This email address right here: bob.herman@statnews.com.
The DOGE effect on CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a very important federal agency. You, dear Health Care Inc. reader, may already know this. More than 170 million Americans rely on it for their insurance cards. And it is the primary payer within our $5 trillion health care system. But CMS is facing employee firings, flagging morale, confusing messaging, and the specter of additional disruption — compromising its oversight and vital role.
