CMS Announces Agency ’s First Rural Health Strategy

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their firstRural Health Strategy. This agency-wide strategy is intended to provide a proactive approach to healthcare issues to ensure access to high quality, affordable healthcare by applying a rural lens to CMS programs and policies, advancing telehealth, improving access through provider engagement and support, empowering rural patients to make decisions about their healthcare, and leveraging partnerships to achieve these goals. Afact sheet is also available.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news