http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Health-Care-Innovation-Awards/Round-2.html

Funded by the Affordable Care Act, the second round of the Health Care Innovation Awards differs from the first round in several respects.  Specifically, in this second round, CMS is seeking new models in four categories:
* Models that are designed to rapidly reduce Medicare, Medicaid, and/or CHIP costs in outpatient and/or post-acute settings.  Priority areas are diagnostic services, outpatient radiology, high-cost physician-administered drugs, home based services, therapeutic services, and post-acute services.

* Models that improve care for populations with specialized needs.  Priority areas are high-cost pediatric populations, children in foster care, children at high risk for dental disease, adolescents in crisis, persons with Alzheimer's disease, persons living with HIV/AIDS (in particular, efforts to link and retain patients in care and improve medication adherence that lead to viral suppression), persons requiring long-term support and services, and persons with serious behavioral health needs.
* Models that test approaches for specific types of providers to transform their financial and clinical models.  Priority areas are models designed for physician specialties and subspecialties (e.g., oncology and cardiology), and for pediatric providers who provide services to children with complex medical issues (including but not limited to care for children with multiple medical conditions, behavioral health issues, congenital disease, chronic respiratory disease, and complex social issues), and that include, as appropriate, shared decision-making mechanisms to engage beneficiaries and their families and/or caregivers in treatment choices.
* Models that improve the health of populations - defined geographically, clinically, or by socioeconomic class through activities focused on engaging beneficiaries and prevention, wellness, and comprehensive care that extends beyond the clinical setting (e.g., diabetes prevention programs).
In this round, CMS specifically seeks new payment models to support the service delivery models funded by this initiative.  All applicants must submit, as part of their application, the design of a payment model that is consistent with the new service delivery model that they propose.


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Date: Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Subject: Join Dr. Gilfillan for Innovation Announcement - Tomorrow, May 15 @ 3:00pm EDT
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CMS Innovation Center announcement supporting health care innovation



On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Rick Gilfillan, director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, and Rahul Rajkumar, senior advisor at the CMS Innovation Center, will discuss an important new initiative supporting care innovation from the CMS Innovation Center.



WHO:

Rick Gilfillan, MD, Director, CMS Innovation Center

Rahul Rajkumar, MD, JD, Senior Advisor, CMS Innovation Center



WHEN:

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

3:00 p.m. EDT



WHERE:

1-800-837-1935<tel:1-800-837-1935>

Conference ID: 59268802



Please dial in 10 minutes early to ensure that you are joined into the conference by the call start time.



A replay of the call will be available by calling 855-859-2056<tel:855-859-2056> or 404-537-3406<tel:404-537-3406> until 11:59pm on May 17, 2013. The security code is 31833 and the conference ID is 59268802.





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Program Manager, Heartland Genetics & NBS Collaborative
University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences

Phone: 405-819-2135 or 501-526-7703


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