Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation news and information

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is being issued a multimillion dollar penalty by the federal Medicare system for its poor readmission rates.
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HHS on Thursday announced that it will provide about $275 million from the healthcare reform law in a competitive program for states to design and test multi-payer payment and delivery models.
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Arthur Gonzalez, CEO of the Hennepin Healthcare System in Minneapolis, was named as the finalist to succeed Dr. Patricia Gabow as CEO of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Gabow has held the post since 1992, and last fall she announced her intention to retire in September.
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Just one year after assuming a leadership post at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Valinda Rutledge is leaving the CMS for a senior position with KentuckyOne Health, a Louisville-based health system formed in January.
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More than 40 commercial, state and federal insurers in seven geographic markets will work with the CMS Innovation Center and primary-care practices on a four-year project to improve Medicare...
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The CMS Innovation Center chose 32 applicants for the Pioneer ACO Model to test Medicare incentive frameworks with the best-prepared accountable care organizations. Modern Healthcare surveyed them about their plans. See the results in this interactive map.
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The CMS announced a $128 million collaborative program aimed at reducing the unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home patients and to improve care at those facilities.
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Last week marked the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. If there is any writer from the past who can speak to the economically troubled present, it's Dickens.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will award about $40 million in grants to test approaches that can help reduce the rising number of pre-term births in the U.S.
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House Republican healthcare leaders have written the Obama administration seeking details on the available funding and activities of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the CMS.
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