One of the more controversial, yet least expensive, aspects of the health law is starting to kick in.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched the Innovation Center, which is supposed to experiment with different ways to deliver health care more efficiently. As one of its first initiatives, the center has selected 73 people to be “Innovation Advisors.” Their year-long commitment with CMS' Innovation Center requires they test out an idea -- with the goal of improving health, improving quality of care and decreasing costs -- and, if successful, could see it scaled up by CMS.
Among those first selected to receive grants of as much as $20,000 are doctors, nurses, hospital executives, public health and policy experts, and they represent institutions in 27 states plus the District of Columbia. CMS expects to pick as many as 200 advisors by the end of the year.
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