Modern Healthcare April 26, 2018
Eight years into its existence, CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has recommended further development of only two of the 37 models the center has created, with testing completed on 10 of them, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The Affordable Care Act set aside $10 billion for the Innovation Center’s activities for fiscal 2011 through 2019 and $10 billion per decade beginning in fiscal 2020.
By Sept. 30, 2016, the last period for which data are available, $5.6 billion of its initial $10 billion appropriation had been spent.
The two models that the Innovation Center suggested be extended are Pioneer ACOs and a diabetes prevention program under which beneficiaries are encourage to make...
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