Today, CMS released its strategy for the CMS Innovation Center (the “Strategy”) in a White Paper, Innovation Center Strategy Refresh. This Strategy and the connection to broader CMS priorities was outlined by CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure and CMS Innovation Center Director, Liz Fowler, in a webinar and is intended as a blueprint for the next 10 years. While the Innovation Center’s overarching goal continues to be expansion of successful models that reduce program costs and improve quality and outcomes for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, CMS highlights five strategic objectives: Drive Accountable Care, Advance Health Equity, Support Innovation, Address Affordability, and Partner to Achieve System Transformation and created a new vision: “A health system that achieves equitable outcomes through high-quality, affordable, and person-centered care.”
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Next Generation ACO Model Enters its Second & Final Application Cycle
By Troy A. Barsky & Stephanie Willis on
Posted in Health Care Reform & ACA
This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the beginning of the second application cycle for its Next Generation ACO Model (Next Gen Model). We discussed the goals of the Next Gen Model and how it compares to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Pioneer ACO models in this post from last…