CMS Innovation Center Seeks Ideas For Payment Reform
Executive Summary
The head of CMS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation wants physicians, hospital administrators and other health experts to submit ideas for new delivery and payment models that could help address unmet patient needs.
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