What's Happening Now
- New, easy to use, plan comparison tool for consumers
- Reducing costly and preventable hospitalizations
- Improving transitions between the hospital and other care settings
- Giving States more flexibility to establish affordable Insurance Exchanges
- Electronic health records: proposed rules for Stage 2 of meaningful use
- Establishing insurance CO-Ops: 7 plans awarded loans
- Helping consumers better understand and compare health plans
- Giving consumers access to more details about hospital infection rates
Bringing better care, better health and affordable health care costs to every American is not something CMS can achieve alone.
-Richard Gilfillan, M.D.,
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Learn More
- Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Program (PCIP) Annual Report
- Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary
- One year of innovation: taking action to improve care and reduce costs
- Find Insurance Options
- Help with Electronic Health Records
- ICD-10 Resources
- The Affordable Care Act: Helping Providers Help Patients - A Menu of Options for Improving Care [PDF, 73KB]
- Affordable Insurance Exchanges
Featured Video
Improving Patient Safety and Care with Hospital Compare
Nancy Foster, Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Policy at the American Hospital Association discusses CMS' Hospital Compare website and how using it with other tools can improve patient safety and care.
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