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How Fowler Plans to Refresh CMMI’s Value-Based Care Vision

April 20, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACA, alternative payment models, Biden, CHART, CMMI, COVID-19, Fowler, Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model, health equity, NAACOS, Risk, vbc

The healthcare system is at a critical point in its transition to value-based care a decade after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), according to CMMI’s newly minted director Liz Fowler, PhD, JD. “The goal [of the ACA] was to create a system that rewards better…

CMMI Chief Fowler: Value-Based Care at a Crossroads

April 20, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, Biden, CMMI, CMS, Fowler, Geographic Direct Contracting, hospice, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Care Choices Model, MSSP, NAACOS, Primary Care First, Seriously Ill Population, vbc

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) remains committed to moving the health care system towards value-based care in the early years of the Biden Administration, though the center’s leadership is doing some soul-searching on how best to pursue its mission, according to CMMI’s new director Liz Fowler. Fowler made her first public remarks…