The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) challenged hospital bed capacity severely limiting access to critical medical services in patients’ time of need. In response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collaborated with outside experts to develop what
Lessons from CMS’ Acute Hospital Care at Home Initiative
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Pathways for Specialty Care Coordination and Integration in Population-based Models
In support of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vision to advance health equity, expand coverage, and improve health outcomes, the CMS Innovation Center launched a strategic refresh in October 2021. This included setting a bold goal to have 100% of beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare and the vast majority of Medicaid beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030, where their providers are accountable for the quality and the total cost of their care. Beneficiaries will experience accountable care relationships mostly through advanced primary care or accountable Read more about Pathways for Specialty Care Coordination and Integration in Population-based Models - Blog
Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision For The Next 10 Years
Note: This blog was originally posted on HealthAffairs.org on August 12, 2021. Excerpt: As incoming leaders at CMS under a new administration, we have taken stock of lessons learned from the first ten years of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s operation and begun to chart a path for the next ten years of value-based care. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center). The Innovation Center aims to create a more value-based system that reduces spending while preserving or enhancing quality of care . As staff Read more about Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision For The Next 10 Years - Blog
Lessons Learned from the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge
On April 30, CMS announced the winner and runner-up of the CMS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge (“AI Challenge”), a prize competition for innovators to demonstrate how artificial intelligence tools can be used to accelerate the development of AI solutions that predict patient health events for Medicare beneficiaries for potential use by the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) in testing innovative payment and service delivery models. This announcement, which marked the culmination of a two-year competition, was an exciting example of how Read more about Lessons Learned from the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge