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White House looks to CMMI to test new ways to lower drug prices

C&M Health Law

CMMI has broad statutory authority not only to test, design, and implement health care payment and delivery models for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but in certain instances, can implement such models without Congressional action.

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

More savings would accrue through the quicker adoption of value-based payment models, the authors assert, where clinicians take on financial risk for managing population health. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027.