Abstract:
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to strengthening and modernizing the nation's health care system to provide access to high quality care and improved health at lower costs. Established by the Affordable Care Act, the CMS Innovation Center tests innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures while preserving or enhancing the quality of care. For each model implemented by the Innovation Center, a rigorous evaluation is conducted to assess whether and how the model leads to meaningful cost reductions, improvements in the quality of care delivered, and better patient health outcomes/experiences. For each measure of interest one of several statistical techniques is used to evaluate the effect of the intervention on outcomes of interest. Qualitative data collection is also used to capture the evolving nature of care and model evaluations. These evaluations need to include an approach that disentangles the simultaneous and competing provider and market level forces that could influence the findings.
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