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CMS Expands Access to Medicare Claims Data for Qualified Entities

Healthcare Informatics: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized new rules that will expand access to analyses and data with the aim to help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery and quality improvement.

The new rules, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), allow organizations approved as qualified entities to confidentially share or sell analyses of Medicare and private sector claims data to providers, employers, and other groups who can use the data to support improved care. In addition, qualified entities may provide or sell claims data to providers and suppliers, such as doctors, nurses, and skilled nursing facilities among others.

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