Oz, private sector tout progress on CMS interoperability pledge

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said over 400 stakeholders, including companies building artificial intelligence tools, have signed onto the CMS Interoperability Framework since his agency announced the voluntary pledge with just over 60 initial signatories in late July, Inside Health Policy reported.

CMS plans to support the private sector-led interoperability work by creating a national provider directory, enhancing the Plan Finder for Medicare beneficiaries, modernizing Medicare.gov’s identity verification process and publicizing a list of...