Health Affairs November 17, 2025
At the CMS Innovation Center, we’ve launched a new strategy rooted in evidence-based solutions to drive efficiency and reduce unnecessary spending, while ensuring care remains safe, effective, and patient-centered.
Our strategy to protect patient care and taxpayer dollars is focused on:
- Prioritizing high-value care and reducing unnecessary procedures
- Embedding downside risk into all alternative payment models
- Refining and simplifying model benchmarking methodology
This approach reflects 15 years of Innovation Center research, experience, and learnings being applied across a new generation of payment models.
Proven Strategies: Putting Evidence Into Action
Prioritizing High-Value Care
Imagine undergoing an invasive medical procedure that provides no clinical benefit. In addition to potentially harming the health of people with Medicare, inappropriate services waste taxpayer...
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