CMMI Updates and Report Highlights
Highlights from recently released Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) evaluation reports and publications.
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ACCESS: The Power will be in Partnerships
The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model makes progress toward that goal by piloting outcome-based payments for technology-enabled care of several chronic diseases, including behavioral health, musculoskeletal conditions, and cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions.
CMMI Model Reports and Findings
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has released and are highlighting evaluation reports and publications. See the findings for several of their models.
Making America Healthy Again: Innovation for Healthier Lives
By Abe Sutton – We stand at a defining crossroads in American health care with an unprecedented opportunity to protect taxpayer dollars and fundamentally reshape how we approach health and wellness by embracing preventive care.
Sharing Health Data Update September 2022
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts. And this month reports from Civitas 2022.
CMS Innovation Center Strategic Refresh Emphasizes Value-based Payment Models and Health Equity
By John Fryer & Rick Goddard – Recently, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation introduced their strategic refresh “Putting All Patients at the Center of Care” to support broader, more equitable, and outcome-based healthcare delivery transformation while streamlining current and future payment models.
Agencies Look Back at 2020 Accomplishments
HHS and its agencies share their annual reports and 2020 year in reviews. Like everything in healthcare in 2020, COVID took center stage, but agencies did continue their missions and initiatives.
4 Takeaways from the Direct Contracting Financial Methodology Release
By Rick Goddard – While many organizations have applied for the implementation period and first performance year of the program, the viability of their participation has hinged on the release of the financial details.
HHS and CMS Announce Brad Smith as CMMI Director, Senior Advisor for Value-Based Transformation
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Brad Smith will serve as Director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at CMS and Senior Advisor to Secretary Azar for Value-Based Transformation.