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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI; also known as the CMS Innovation Center) is an organization of the United States government under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [1] It was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 U.S. health care reform legislation.
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process level improvement training and appraisal program. Administered by the CMMI Institute, a subsidiary of ISACA, it was developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). It is required by many U.S. Government contracts, especially in software development. CMU claims CMMI can be used to guide ...
On a federal level, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established two new offices: The Federal Coordinated Health Care Office (FCHCO aka the "duals office") as well as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in order to both strategize and monitor the type and quality of care afforded to duals. [8]
In September 2014, while OCM was still in development, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) commented on the program, "urging CMS to explore more substantial reforms," and also offered its own alternative payment model. In February 2015, CMMI launched a demonstration program that would include a potential 100 oncology practices and ...
The suite of documents associated with a particular version of the CMMI includes a requirements specification called the Appraisal Requirements for CMMI (ARC), [2] which specifies three levels of formality for appraisals: Class A, B, and C. Formal (Class A) SCAMPIs are conducted by SEI-authorized Lead Appraisers who use the SCAMPI A Method Definition Document (MDD) [3] to conduct the appraisals.
HCFA was renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 1, 2001. [9] [11] In 2013, a report by the inspector general found that CMS had paid $23 million in benefits to deceased beneficiaries in 2011. [12] In April 2014, CMS released raw claims data from 2012 that gave a look into what types of doctors billed Medicare the most. [13]
CMMI for Development, Version 1.2 contains 22 process areas indicating the aspects of product and service development that are to be covered by organizational processes. For a summary of process areas for each model, see these quick reference documents available on the SEI website: CMMI for Acquisition ; CMMI for Development ; CMMI for Services
Patrick H. Conway (born 1974) is an American physician and an advocate of health system transformation and innovation in the public and private sector. He is a practicing pediatrician formerly serving at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Children's National Medical Center.