Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 16. May 2012 12:13
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded design contracts to fifteen states seeking to participate in pilot programs to test new payment and service delivery models for Medicare/Medicaid "dual eligibles." [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 10. May 2012 02:35
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on May 8 the first 26 awards under a $1 billion competitive grant program administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) under section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 2. May 2012 06:53
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 26 that it has approved 16 applications in the first round of competition under the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration program under section 3024 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 26. April 2012 12:22
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 11 that it has accepted applications from state Medicaid agencies, other public payers, and private health insurance plans to participate in the Multi-Payer Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) demonstration project authorized under section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 23. February 2012 09:26
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury released final rules on February 22 on waivers of federal requirements that are available to States to design and implement a wide arrany of innovative health care programs. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 25. January 2012 08:44
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on January 18 outlining key findings and lessons learned from six disease management/care coordination projects and four value-based purchasing projects under Medicare research and demonstration authority, [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 12. January 2012 09:50
Massachusetts received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 20 for the renewal and extension of its MassHealth demonstration waiver program through June 30, 2014. Exemplary features of the waiver program include Delivery System Transformation Initiatives funded through the Safety Net Care Pool. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 14. December 2011 09:05
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the "Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement" demonstration proposal on December 12. [More]
