20 Sep CMS Seeks New Direction for Innovation Center
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the following press release on September 20, 2017.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Innovation Center New Direction
September 20, 2017
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Today, the CMS Innovation Center (Innovation Center) issued an informal Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback on a new direction to promote patient-centered care and test market-driven reforms that empower beneficiaries as consumers, provide price transparency, increase choices and competition to drive quality, reduce costs, and improve outcomes. The Innovation Center welcomes stakeholder input on the ideas on additional ideas and concepts, and on the future direction of the Innovation Center.
While existing partnerships with healthcare providers, clinicians, states, payers and stakeholders have generated important value and lessons, CMS is setting a new direction for the Innovation Center.
CMS Administrator wrote in further detail to the Wall Street Journal. Click the button below to read her note on the Center’s new direction.
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