The Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative health care payment and service delivery models that have the potential to lower Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program spending while maintaining
Note: This blog was originally posted on HealthAffairs.org on August 8, 2022.
Excerpt: Providers and payers are increasingly addressing the health-related social needs (HRSNs) of their patients to
Note: This blog was originally posted on HealthAffairs.org on July 21, 2022.
Excerpt: As the nation’s largest health care payer, responsible for more than one in five dollars spent on health care
The CMS Framework for Health Equity depicts how CMS will operationalize efforts to achieve health equity across CMS programs in the next decade.
Note: CMS published a subsequent blog on November 1, 2022, that reflects the behavioral health policies in CMS’ finalized CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule and Outpatient Prospective Payment System rules