Health Affairs August 12, 2021
Editor’s Note
Join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil today at 1:00 PM ET for a one-on-one conversation with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the lead author of this post. In the third installment of Health Affairs’ new Policy Spotlight series, Weil and Brooks-LaSure will discuss the Biden Administration’s health policy agenda, including the new administration’s plans for CMS and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
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 who worked on drafting and implementing...