--- title: "Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Quality and Patient Care Improvement Proposal" description: Home Health Care Policies - On Feb 17, 2016, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rules that will expand access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery. image: https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hub/375308/file-614940254.jpg --- [![PowerPath.ai](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Power-Path-copy.ai_-2048x263.png?width=2000&height=256&name=Power-Path-copy.ai_-2048x263.png "PowerPath.ai")](https://powerpath.ai/) - [How It Works](https://powerpath.ai/how-it-works/) - [Tools for Growth](https://powerpath.ai/tools-for-growth/) - [Meet Pattii](https://powerpath.ai/meet-pattii/) - [Resources](https://powerpath.ai/resources/) - [Blog](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog) - [About](https://powerpath.ai/about/) - [Contact](https://powerpath.ai/contact/) [My Account](https://secure.myhomecarebiz.com/) [Get Demo](https://melissa-myhomecarebiz.youcanbook.me/) ![BlogHeaderImg](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BlogHeaderImg.png?width=2000&height=666&name=BlogHeaderImg.png "BlogHeaderImg") # Home Health Insights Stay informed with the latest news in home health. ## Browse by Topic - [Regulatory News for Home Health & Hospice (173)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/regulatory-news-for-home-health-hospice) - [Clinical Best Practices for Home Health & Hospice (22)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/clinical-best-practices-for-home-health-hospice) - [Home Health Billing & Coding (21)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/home-health-billing-coding) - [Home Health Marketing (18)](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/topic/home-health-marketing) ## Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Quality and Patient Care Improvement Proposal Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Quality and Patient Care Improvement Proposal Posted by Nathan Hope on Feb 17, 2016 # Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Quality and Patient Care Improvement Proposal Posted by [Nathan Hope](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/author/nathan-hope) on Feb 17, 2016 **New Proposal to Give Providers and Employers Access to Information to Drive Quality and Patient Care Improvement** *Home Health Care Policies: MACRA provides expanded opportunity for the use of Medicare and private sector claims data to drive higher quality, lower cost care* The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed rules that will expand access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery. The new rules, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), will 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 will be allowed to provide or sell claims data to providers. The rule also includes strict privacy and [security](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/blog/agency-faces-the-implications-of-homecare-software-data-breach) requirements for all entities receiving Medicare analyses or data, as well as new annual reporting requirements.![399199](https://go.myhomecarebiz.com/hs-fs/hub/375308/file-614940254.jpg) This initiative is part of a broader effort by the Obama Administration to create a health care system that delivers better care, spends dollars more wisely, and results in healthier people. “Increasing access to analyses and data that include Medicare data will make it easier for stakeholders throughout the healthcare system to make smarter and more informed healthcare decisions,” said CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt. The qualified entity program was authorized by Section 10332 of the Affordable Care Act and allows organizations that meet certain qualifications to access to patient-protected Medicare data to produce public reports. 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