Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation news and information

After reviewing 2,000 pages of public comments, Senate Finance Committee staffers say the healthcare industry wants clearer rules, fewer redundant audits and more focus on proactive fraud prevention.
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Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J., plans to take a 20% stake in AmeriHealth New Jersey and develop an accountable care model with the health insurer.
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Health systems in eight more states have started implementing a “medical neighborhood” demonstration project that is being piloted in 15 communities under a $20.75 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
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The movement among employers to push insurers to adopt health plan benefit designs that improve medical outcomes without raising costs is slowly gathering steam, according to an employer coalition.
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Senators will get their first chance Wednesday to press for operational details from the head of a fledgling CMS office with the power to drive wide-scale changes in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Phytel, a population health technology company based in Dallas, hired Tom Frosheiser as senior VP of operations, a newly created position.
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A three-year "medical neighborhood" demonstration project using health information technology to identify high-risk patients and coordinate their care is getting started, and it's being paid for with a $20.75 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
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The number of accountable care organizations operating under Medicare's shared-savings program is expected to grow in the coming weeks.
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Following President Barack Obama's Election Day victory, things are likely to continue on largely as planned at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and other entities created by the healthcare reform law, experts say.
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Two separate healthcare entities in Wyoming have earned a combined total of nearly $22 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation for concepts—several of which are technology-focused—that are projected to generate long-term savings.
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