CMS Announces New Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics

On June 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced creation of the Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics. The new office is intended to consolidate CMS' efforts to reduce regulatory and administrative burden, according to the agency's announcement. The unveiling of the new office, "permanently embeds a culture of burden reduction" across all platforms of CMS operations, the agency said.

Read the CMS announcement.

Posted 6/23/2020