On July 30, 2025, Anthropic announced it has signed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Tech Ecosystem pledge. The initiative is a public–private collaboration aiming to modernize healthcare data sharing and thereby improve patient outcomes across the United States.
Why it matters
CMS’s effort acknowledges that solving interoperability requires both technical innovation and coordinated partnerships across the health sector. Anthropic’s statement highlights that persistent data silos hinder patients and clinicians from having complete health information available when it is needed.
Anthropic’s role and technologies
As an AI company, Anthropic says it brings capabilities that can complement existing healthcare infrastructure. The company argues its technology can help bridge disparate data systems and make health information more accessible to patients.
Anthropic points to the Model Context Protocol, developed by the company, which enables AI to connect seamlessly with diverse data sources and applications. According to Anthropic, this protocol can create intelligent bridges between incompatible systems through AI assistants that can securely access patient data from CMS Aligned Networks and personal health records.
Patient consent and data stewardship
Anthropic emphasizes that assistants would access data with patient consent and would aim to help patients understand their health information and guide them to appropriate care when needed. The company says it will work with payers, providers, data platforms and consumer technology firms to aggregate patient data and make it usable and actionable in a responsible way using its Claude technology.
Quotation
"We're pleased to join this critical effort with the White House and CMS in improving healthcare data sharing so patients and their doctors can access complete health information when and where it's needed," said Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer at Anthropic. "This is an issue that affects Americans of all backgrounds. Healthcare silos have persisted for far too long, and we believe Anthropic’s AI technology can play a transformative role in eliminating these silos to improve the delivery of care for millions of Americans."
Future engagement and broader impact
Anthropic states it looks forward to continuing work with policymakers across the U.S. government to ensure the opportunities unlocked by AI benefit the American public. The company suggests sectors including healthcare, science, energy infrastructure, and citizen services can adopt these technologies to keep the United States at the forefront of innovation and advance the economy and communities.
Timing
Announcement date: July 30, 2025.
