Tag: Innovation
MSSP Saves $739.4 Million in 2018 Recently released performance results show that the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) generated $739.4 million in total net savings across 548 accountable care organizations (ACOs) in 2018. In a Health ...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is discussing several innovation and quality topics at their next public meeting scheduled for October 3 to 4, 2019. Topics include:
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) is collaborating with the state of Maryland to implement the Maryland Total Cost of Care (TCOC) Model. The model, which sets a per capita limit on Medicare total cost of care in Mary...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model request for applications (RFA) deadline has been extended until October 5, 2019. The application is available here. ET3 aims to reduce c...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center) posted the second annual report for the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Investment Model (AIM). This investment model was developed in response to concerns from providers abo...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation posted the second annual report for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model. The report found that there was a 4% reduction in the number of beneficiaries hospitalized and a 1...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) updated the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model frequently asked questions resource. The updated questions can be found here. Additionally, the Innovation Center is ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) posted the final report evaluating the Graduate Nurse Education (GNE) Demonstration. An overview of the major findings can be found here. This demonstration provided payments to fi...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is hosting their next public meeting on September 5-6, 2019 in Washington DC. MedPAC is scheduled to discuss quality and innovation issues including Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program...
Slides from recent webinars on the Primary Care First Model Options are now available.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) Demonstration will be discontinued due to the low rates of participation. Therefore, CMS will not be accepting appli...
The Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model tests whether the health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries will impact health care costs and reduce health care utilization. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) posted CY 2020 marketing and communications guidelines for the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model. This document provides communications and marketing ...
On Tuesday, March 7, 2019, two innovation-related meetings were held. Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and Providers, Part II Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...
On October 1, 2018, the first cohort of Participants in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model started participation in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s Advanced Alternative Payment model. The Cent...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center released its 2018 Report to Congress. The report provides an overview of 36 models and initiatives that run between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2018. The report includes links...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) and application cycle dates for a January 1, 2020, start date for the Medicare Shared Savings Program Pathways to Success. Beginning June 11, 2019, CM...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center (Innovation Center) posted the fifth annual report of their State Initiative Models. The Innovation Center invested over $250 million in Round 1 Model Test awards to support six states ...
On Friday, March 15, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released their March 2019 Report to Congress. The principal focus of the March report is MedPAC’s recommendations for annual payment rate adjustments (or ...
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Launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2017, the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Reduction Model (Million Heart Model) tests whether providing targeted incentives to health care providers to reduce CVD ri...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is holding a webinar on February 28, 2019, at 3 pm ET. It will provide a deep dive into the application processes and information about model designs for the Part D Payment Modernization Model and the M...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) will execute up to 12 cooperative agreements with states whose Medicaid agencies will implement the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) model with...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has posted factsheets for the seven quality measures selected for use in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced)...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) announced a funding opportunity for the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) model. The model is a child-centered local service delivery and sta...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has posted a factsheet on year three evaluation results for the Independence at Home Demonstration. Under this program, the Innovation Cent...
On February 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) posted Request for Applications (RFA) and actuarial guidance documents for the recently announced Medicare Advan...
On Friday, January 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center released updates to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design Demonstration (VBID). The MA VBID model began in a limited number of sta...
On Friday, January 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center released a new Part D Payment Modernization Model. Last year, the Trump Administration released the President’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and ...
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Voluntary and Mandatory Episode-Based Payment Models and Their Participants. Using an analysis of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data, evaluation repo...
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan announced the core participants in the Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit (DSIIS). The first meeting is December 18, 2018. DSIIS will be a yearlong colla...
