Title: First-ever CMS Innovation Center pilot project to test improving patients' health by addressing their social needs

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/05/first-ever-cms-innovation-center-pilot-project-test-improving-patients-health.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new funding opportunity of up to $157 million to test whether screening beneficiaries for health-related social needs and associated referrals to and navigation of community-based services will improve quality and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/18/hhs-fact-sheet-working-solve-health-care-challenges-puerto-rico.html

Description: Secretary Burwell and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are a core part of the Administration's team working closely with Puerto Rico and other key stakeholders to address the fiscal crisis in the Commonwealth.

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Title: HHS Announces Major Initiative to Help Small Practices Prepare for the Quality Payment Program

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-announces-major-initiative-help-small-practices-prepare-quality-payment-program.html

Description: Over the last few weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made several important announcements related to the Quality Payment Program, which has been proposed to implement the new, bipartisan law changing how Medicare pays clinicians, known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, or MACRA.

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Title: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act leads to better care and improves financial well-being for new enrollees

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/21/medicaid-expansion-under-aca-leads-better-care-and-improves-financial-well-being-for-new-enrollees.html

Description: According to a new report summarizing research to date, 78 percent of new Medicaid enrollees indicated that absent Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they wouldn't otherwise have the resources necessary to access regular care. Additionally, the overwhelming majority of new Medicaid enrollees report being satisfied with their health plans (93 percent) and their doctors (92 percent).

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Title: HHS Finalizes New Medicare Alternative Payment Models to Reward Better Care at Lower Cost

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/20/hhs-finalizes-new-medicare-alternative-payment-models-to-reward-better-care-at-lower-cost.html

Description: Today, the Department of Health & Human Services finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that continue the Administration's progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. These new approaches will shift Medicare payments from rewarding quantity to rewarding quality by creating incentives for hospitals and clinicians to work together to avoid complications, avoid preventable hospital readmissions, and speed patient recovery.

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