HealthIT Answers November 28, 2022
Background
In 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established a goal to have 100 percent of Original Medicare beneficiaries and the vast majority of Medicaid beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030 as part of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (Innovation Center) strategic refresh. This means that beneficiaries should experience longitudinal, accountable care with providers that are responsible for the quality and total cost of their care. Accountable care requires access to and coordination of primary care and specialty care to meet the full range of patient needs. As the Innovation Center enters the second year of its strategic refresh, testing models and tools to improve access to high-quality, value-based specialty care is an area...