The Department of Health and Human Services said Monday it is investing more than $100 million to state Medicaid programs to help them improve patient care and reduce costs for beneficiaries.
It's part of the newly launched Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program, which HHS says will "help jumpstart innovation by providing federal tools and resources to support states in advancing Medicaid-specific delivery system reform."
"Medicaid innovation is moving forward, and the new Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program, announced in response to recommendations from governors, will give states the opportunity to even further strengthen their great work," said HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell. "HHS will provide strategically targeted resources that states can leverage to enhance the impact of their efforts to transform health care."
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Medicaid program directors and governors have asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for federal funds.
In a news release, HHS said the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program will develop Medicaid specific resources to support state-based innovative health care reform efforts by identifying and advancing new Medicaid service delivery and financing models to improve patient care by providing data analytics, improving quality measurement and rapid cycle evaluation capabilities, and advancing effective and timely dissemination of best practices and learning among states.
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