AXIOS March 12, 2025
The Trump Medicare innovation center plans to cancel a half dozen trials to change the way health providers are paid by the end of the year as it aligns itself with the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement, multiple people familiar with the plans told Axios.
The big picture: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation leadership said they want to focus on models that are likely to meet criteria for expansion and that promote the goals of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s public health agenda, said a person with knowledge who was granted anonymity to speak freely.
What they’re saying: CMMI “is committed to testing — and eventually scaling — innovative payment models that meet the statutory...