CMS Medicaid Innovation Accelerator To Help States Coordinate Reforms

HHS has created a portal on the CMS website to help states coordinate Medicaid innovation efforts with each other and the federal government, responding to governors' long-standing calls for CMS to make it easier for state Medicaid programs to learn from successful delivery system and payment reforms around the country. The Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) was created based on recommendations CMS received from the National Governors Association's Health Care Sustainability Task Force, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Monday (July...