Rethinking CMS Coverage & Reimbursement For The Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Robert Horne, Lucia C. Savage (HealthAffairs 10/23/2020)
Our society is in the beginning stages of the Fourth Industrial Revolution “a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological sphere.” There is great potential for digital technology to modernize US health care: from increasing the range of delivery modes outside of buildings; to improving the value of existing products such as adding to medications coatings that give off digital signals for medication adherence; to computer-generated clinical decision support and research; and even medical services such as diabetes education or cognitive behavioral therapy. That potential will only increase with the pace of innovation.
