Being here today reminds me of when I visited the National Rural Health Association Headquarters in Kansas City and Coalinga Regional Medical Center in Modesto. During those trip and others, I had the opportunity to visit rural health centers and drive through many rural and frontier areas, which brings home the issues of rural health. […]

Thank you, Paul, for that kind introduction, and it’s a pleasure to be with all of you today. Earlier this year, we at CMS set forth 16 strategic initiatives, one of which is Fostering Innovation. This spans across the agency — reducing burden through Patients over Paperwork, regulatory reform, and enhancing access to new transformative […]