The program focused on testing new payment and service delivery models under section 1115A is known by what acronym?

The program focused on testing new payment and service delivery models under section 1115A is known by what acronym?

• A. CMS (as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation)
• B. ACOs
• C. CCTP
• D. HMO

Answer: (A)

Section 1115A created a dedicated center within a federal agency to test new ways of paying for care and delivering services. That center is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which sits inside the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Because the program operates under CMS, it’s correctly referred to in this context as CMS—the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In practice you’ll also see it called the CMS Innovation Center (often abbreviated as CMMI), but the key point is that the initiative is housed within CMS, guiding and evaluating pilot models to improve quality and control costs across Medicare and Medicaid.

Section 1115A created a dedicated center within a federal agency to test new ways of paying for care and delivering services. That center is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which sits inside the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Because the program operates under CMS, it’s correctly referred to in this context as CMS—the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. In practice you’ll also see it called the CMS Innovation Center (often abbreviated as CMMI), but the key point is that the initiative is housed within CMS, guiding and evaluating pilot models to improve quality and control costs across Medicare and Medicaid.