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Trump Administration, CMS Enlist Over 60 Companies in Digital Health Ecosystem

Voluntary data standards underpin AI-driven diabetes and weight management apps; a Medicare.gov library of vetted tools goes live in early 2026.

An American flag flies in front of the White House, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks during an event on Health Technology in the East Room of the White House as U.S. President Donald Trump and Acting Administrator of the United States Department of Government Efficiency Amy Gleason listen on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Apple supports the new federal initiative to revamp digital healthcare.
In this December 2020 photo, a respiratory therapist works on a computer in her office in Lamesa, Texas.

Overview

  • More than 60 companies, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Anthropic, OpenAI, Cleveland Clinic and UnitedHealth Group, have committed to voluntary CMS interoperability standards to enable seamless data exchange across health platforms.
  • Patients will be able to opt in to share their Medicare and personal health records through an app library hosted on Medicare.gov, designed to empower them with AI-driven tools for diabetes and weight management.
  • Initial digital tools unveiled include conversational AI assistants, QR code–powered check-ins and digital workflows aimed at eliminating paper intake and improving chronic disease care.
  • The first phase, featuring CMS-Aligned Networks and secure digital identity credentials, is expected to roll out in the first quarter of 2026.
  • Privacy advocates and ethicists, including Georgetown’s Lawrence Gostin and Center for Digital Democracy’s Jeffrey Chester, caution about potential legal, ethical and security risks in the commercialization of sensitive health data.