CMS Announces Data & Information Initiative

In June 2012. the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new data and information initiative that will be a key tool in the agency’s evolution from a fee-for-service based payer to a value-based purchaser of care. The data and information initiative will be administered through a new Office of Information Products and Data Analytics (OIPDA) that will oversee CMS’s comprehensive portfolio of data and information. Under OIPDA, the development, management, use, and dissemination of data and information resources will become one of CMS’s core functions. Ensuring the privacy and security of . . .