Washington, D.C. February 21, 2014 — The CMS Innovation Center issued a 2015 call letter seeking to partner with private payers to test innovations including – but not limited to – V-BID, beneficiary engagement, incentives, and/or care coordination to lower costs and improve quality for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries (Section begins on page 113).  A new blog post from the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) is available.

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