Commonwealth Fund June 9, 2021
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is revisiting its health care models. To drive lasting change, CMMI should leverage the full suite of accountability mechanisms at its disposal
Evidence points to promising approaches for CMMI to build on including, physician-led accountable care organizations, geographic models, and home-based care”
Holding the health care system accountable for the cost, quality, and equity of care is an important way to further those goals, while encouraging innovation among providers, plans, and localities. For more than a decade, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) — part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — has tested approaches to holding various actors (e.g., physicians, health plans, health care delivery systems) accountable....