New rule could jeopardize research and oversight into federal healthcare programs

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Academics are sounding the alarm that new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could threaten important research oversight of the programs.

CMS announced earlier this month that “growing data security concerns” prompted the agency to begin limiting Medicare and Medicaid patient data for private-sector researchers in universities and think tanks.

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