Blogs and Publications

Click on a heading below to find CMS Innovation Center blogs and publications on that topic. 

Strategic Vision

• The Critical Role of the CMS Innovation Center in the American Health Care System: Center Director's Letter (PDF) from the 2024 CMS Innovation Center Report to Congress (December 11, 2024)
  • Author: Elizabeth Fowler
• Expanding Permanent Pathways In Medicare For Accountable Care - Health Affairs Forefront (September 30, 2024)
  • Authors: Purva Rawal, Douglas Jacobs et al
• Improving Participation In Value-Based Care—The CMS Innovation Center’s Data-Sharing Strategy Initiative - Health Affairs Forefront (August 21, 2024)
  • Authors: William Gordon, Zoe Hruban et al
• Elevating Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Experience Through Value-Based Care: CMS Innovation Center’s Quality Pathway – NEJM Catalyst (April 3, 2024)
• Accelerating Care Delivery Transformation — The CMS Innovation Center’s Role in the Next Decade – NEJM Catalyst (October 18, 2023)
• Building On CMS's Accountable Care Vision To Improve Care For Medicare Beneficiaries - Health Affairs (July 31, 2023)
  • Authors: Purva Rawal, Douglas Jacobs, et al
• Building On The CMS Strategic Vision: Working Together For A Stronger Medicare - Health Affairs (January 11, 2022)
  • Authors: Meena Seshamani, Elizabeth Fowler et al
• Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision For The Next 10 Years - Health Affairs (August 12, 2021)
  • Authors: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Elizabeth Fowler et al

Health Equity & Health-Related Social Needs

• Re-imagining Rural Health: Themes, Concepts, and Next Steps from the CMS Innovation Center “Hackathon” Series (PDF)
• Advancing Health Equity Through Value-Based Care: CMS Innovation Center Update – Health Affairs Forefront  (June 4, 2024)
• Charting a Path for the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model: Innovating to Meet Person-Centered Needs – CMS Blog (December 13, 2023)
• Advancing Health Equity Through The CMS Innovation Center: First Year Progress And What’s To Come - Health Affairs (May 11, 2023)
  • Author: Dora Lynn Hughes, 
• Lessons from Five Years of the CMS Accountable Health Communities Model – Health Affairs (August 8, 2022)
  • Authors: Kate Abowd Johnson, Natalia Barolin et al
• CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias - Health Affairs (July 5, 2022)
  • Authors: Melissa Majerol, Dora Lynn Hughes
• CMS Innovation Center Launches New Initiative To Advance Health Equity - Health Affairs (March 3, 2022)
  • Author: Dora Lynn Hughes

Primary Care & Related Initiatives

• The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support High-Quality Primary Care - CMS Blog (June 9, 2023)
  • Purva Rawal, Jacob Quinton et al
• Addressing Challenges in Primary Care: Lessons to Guide Innovation  - JAMA Health Forum (August 19, 2022)
  • Author: Bruce Finke, Kathryn Davidson et al

Specialty Care & Related Initiatives

• Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience by Clearing the Path for Comprehensive, High-Quality Dementia Care - CMS Blog (July 8, 2024)
  • Authors: Elizabeth Fowler, Purva Rawal et al
• The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy To Support Person-Centered, Value-Based Specialty Care: 2024 Update – Health Affairs Forefront (April 2, 2024)
• The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support Person-centered, Value-based Specialty Care - CMS Blog (November 7, 2022)
  • Authors: Elizabeth Fowler, Purva Rawal et al
• Pathways for Specialty Care Coordination and Integration in Population-based Models - CMS Blog (June 17, 2022)
  • Author: Sarah Fogler, Meghan O’Connell et al

Drug Pricing

• One-Year Anniversary of Executive Order on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans - CMS Blog (October 11, 2023)
• A Report in Response to the Executive Order on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans (February 2023)

Originally posted on: February 9, 2024  |  Reviewed and revised on: September 30, 2024