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CMS Seeks Input On New Directions For Innovation Center

 
• By Sue Darcey

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent out an informal "request for information" for ideas on new directions for the agency's CMS Innovation Center. Administrator Seema Verma says she's seeking new approaches to delivering health care that would promote competition based on quality and outcomes, and provide more transparency to consumers so they can better "shop for services."

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is setting a new direction for its Innovation Center, asking stakeholders – including providers, clinicians, state health officials, patients and patient groups – to provide the agency with some ideas for possible new payment models that focus on providing quality care to patients, as well as competition and transparency.

"We will move away from the assumption that Washington can engineer a more efficient health-care system from afar, or that...

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