Commonwealth Fund July 14, 2025
Nathaniel Counts

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The CMS Innovation Center has launched a new “strategic direction” for President Trump’s second term aimed at empowering Americans to live healthier lives

The Innovation Center’s emphasis on promoting evidence-based prevention, empowering people to achieve their health goals, and driving choice and competition could be leveraged to address key issues facing behavioral health care in the U.S.

The Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is tasked with piloting new models that shift away from paying for the volume of health care services provided and toward value. This past spring, the Innovation Center released its new strategic direction for President Trump’s second term.

To be successful, this strategy must be built on a foundation of...

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