Created as a laboratory for new and better ways to improve health care and reduce health care costs, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is one of the centerpieces of the Affordable Care Act and health care reform.

Now that the Innovation Center has been in operation for one year, the Commonwealth Fund has summarized its activities to date:  the initiatives it has launched and the range of those initiatives; the areas in which it is pursuing innovation; and how it is going about its work.

Among the areas addressed in the summary are accountable care organizations (ACOs), Medicare bundled payments, payment reform, programs for dual eligibles, and various demonstration programs.

Read this assessment, including a list of the Innovation Center’s initiatives and their current status, on the Commonwealth Fund’s blog.

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