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CMS Health Technology Ecosystem Falls Short on Interoperability Promise
President Trump's 2025 pledge to eliminate redundant patient paperwork through CMS's Health Technology Ecosystem has not been fully realized. Healthcare providers still face significant barriers to seamless record exchange across appointments and care settings. The initiative aimed to reduce administrative burden through improved data interoperability, but implementation challenges persist. For Medicaid managed care organizations and providers, gaps in health information exchange continue to drive care coordination inefficiencies and administrative costs.
Why it mattersPersistent interoperability failures force Medicaid MCOs and providers to maintain costly manual workarounds for care coordination, member eligibility verification, and prior authorization processes that depend on complete medical histories.