CMS: New National Quality Strategy Will Start This Summer

CMS announced a new strategy for quality improvement that officials say could help address some of the concerns illuminated during the pandemic -- including inequitable care, inaccessibility issues and safety concerns -- and the agency plans to begin implementing the new strategy as soon as this summer. The National Quality Strategy consists of eight major goals that are each designed to address one of the major quality concerns CMS has identified, in part because of the pandemic, CMS officials said...