CMS Innovation Center Health Care Innovation Awards : evaluation plan /

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Author / Creator:Berry, Sandra H., 1949- author.
Imprint:Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (133 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11397234
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Varying Form of Title:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center Health Care Innovation Awards
Other authors / contributors:Concannon, Thomas W., author.
Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez, author.
Auerbach, David I., author.
Beckett, Megan K., author.
Chen, Peggy G., author.
Farley, Donna O., author.
Han, Bing, author.
Harris, Katherine M., author.
Jones, Spencer S., author.
Liu, Hangsheng, author.
Lovejoy, Susan L., author.
Marsh, Terry, author.
Martsolf, Grant, author.
Nelson, Christopher D., author.
Okeke, Edward N., author.
Pearson, Marjorie L., author.
Pillemer, Francesca, author.
Sorbero, Melony E. S., author.
Towe, Vivian L., author.
Weinick, Robin M., author.
RAND Health.
Rand Corporation.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
ISBN:9780833083043
083308304X
Notes:"RAND Corporation."
"This research was conducted by RAND Health"--Preface.
Title from title screen (viewed August 9, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource.
Summary:The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has funded 108 Health Care Innovation Awards, funded through the Affordable Care Act, for applicants who proposed compelling new models of service delivery or payment improvements that promise to deliver better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality of care for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children⁰́₉s Health Insurance Program enrollees. CMS is also interested in learning how new models would affect subpopulations of beneficiaries (e.g., those eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and complex patients) who have unique characteristics or health care needs that could be related to poor outcomes. In addition, the initiative seeks to identify new models of workforce development and deployment, as well as models that can be rapidly deployed and have the promise of sustainability. This report describes a strategy for evaluating the results. The goal for the evaluation design process is to create standardized approaches for answering key questions that can be customized to similar groups of awardees and that allow for rapid and comparable assessment across awardees. The evaluation plan envisions that data collection and analysis will be carried out on three levels: at the level of the individual awardee, at the level of the awardee grouping, and as a summary evaluation that includes all awardees. Key dimensions for the evaluation framework include implementation effectiveness, program effectiveness, workforce issues, impact on priority populations, and context. The ultimate goal is to identify strategies that can be employed widely to lower cost while improving care.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has funded 108 Health Care Innovation Awards, funded through the Affordable Care Act, for applicants who proposed compelling new models of service delivery or payment improvements that promise to deliver better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality of care for Medicare, Medicaid, and Childrenѓ́ʻ⁺ѓє́#x9C;s Health Insurance Program enrollees. CMS is also interested in learning how new models would affect subpopulations of beneficiaries (e.g., those eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and complex patients) who have unique characteristics or health care needs that could be related to poor outcomes. In addition, the initiative seeks to identify new models of workforce development and deployment, as well as models that can be rapidly deployed and have the promise of sustainability. This report describes a strategy for evaluating the results. The goal for the evaluation design process is to create standardized approaches for answering key questions that can be customized to similar groups of awardees and that allow for rapid and comparable assessment across awardees. The evaluation plan envisions that data collection and analysis will be carried out on three levels: at the level of the individual awardee, at the level of the awardee grouping, and as a summary evaluation that includes all awardees. Key dimensions for the evaluation framework include implementation effectiveness, program effectiveness, workforce issues, impact on priority populations, and context. The ultimate goal is to identify strategies that can be employed widely to lower cost while improving care.