CMS has announced a new project to test the feasibility of integrating Medicare claims history information with other Internet-based tools to allow Medicare beneficiaries to track their medical services and monitor their health care, which is expected to lead to improved quality and more efficient care.
CMS recently awarded two six-month contracts to test the transfer of Medicare claims data into personal health records to ViPS and Capstone Government Solutions. The $500,000 project will also assess how to best communicate data from existing CMS systems to personal health record tools; evaluate the information included in existing personal health records and assess how they would best help Medicare beneficiaries’ care; and evaluate how existing personal health records address security and privacy issues.
