CMS—Engaging Multiple Payers in Payment Reform

The Affordable Care Act created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) to test innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and to enhance the quality of care that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) beneficiaries receive. CMS is testing more than 20 models under this authority that create new incentives for clinicians and organizations that deliver medical care through CMS programs to deliver better care at lower cost. CMS is also supporting a variety of state efforts to create new incentives for these clinicians and organizations through the Medicaid and CHIP pro- grams. All of these models share a common pathway for success: they hinge on getting clinicians and health care organizations to manage the health of populations and to act as good stewards of health care resources. Here, Rajkumar et al examine CMS' engagement of multiple payers in payment reforms.