Blogs and Publications

Click on a heading below to find CMS Innovation Center blogs and publications on that topic. 

Strategic Vision

• Building On CMS's Accountable Care Vision To Improve Care For Medicare Beneficiaries - Health Affairs (July 31, 2023)
  • Authors: Elizabeth Fowler, Douglas Jacobs, Purva Rawal, Meena Seshamani
• Building On The CMS Strategic Vision: Working Together For A Stronger Medicare - Health Affairs (January 11, 2022)
  • Authors: Meena Seshamani, Elizabeth Fowler, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
• Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision For The Next 10 Years - Health Affairs (August 12, 2021)
  • Authors: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Elizabeth Fowler, Meena Seshamani, Daniel Tsai

Health Equity & Health-Related Social Needs

• Charting a Path for the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model: Innovating to Meet Person-Centered Needs – CMS Blog (December 13, 2023)
• Advancing Health Equity Through The CMS Innovation Center: First Year Progress And What’s To Come - Health Affairs (May 11, 2023)
  • Author: Dora Lynn Hughes
• Lessons from Five Years of the CMS Accountable Health Communities Model – Health Affairs (August 8, 2022)
  • Authors: Kate Abowd Johnson, et al
• CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias - Health Affairs (July 5, 2022)
  • Authors: Dora Lynn Hughes et al
• CMS Innovation Center Launches New Initiative To Advance Health Equity - Health Affairs (March 3, 2022)
  • Author: Dora Lynn Hughes

Primary Care & Related Initiatives

• The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support High-Quality Primary Care - CMS Blog (June 9, 2023)
  • Purva Rawal, Jacob Quinton, Dora Hughes, Elizabeth Fowler
• Addressing Challenges in Primary Care: Lessons to Guide Innovation  - JAMA Health Forum (August 19, 2022)
  • Author: Purva Rawal et al

Specialty Care & Related Initiatives

• The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support Person-centered, Value-based Specialty Care - CMS Blog (November 7, 2022)
  • Authors: Elizabeth Fowler, Purva Rawal et al
• Pathways for Specialty Care Coordination and Integration in Population-based Models - CMS Blog (June 17, 2022)
  • Author: Purva Rawal et al

Drug Pricing

• One-Year Anniversary of Executive Order on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans - CMS Blog (October 11, 2023)
• A Report in Response to the Executive Order on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans (February 2023)