Inside CMS: How Medicare Innovation Models Are Working to Lower Costs & Scale Digital Health

About this episode

Rob Lott interviews Abe Sutton about Medicare innovation models aimed at lowering costs and expanding digital health.

Health Affairs Publishing’s Rob Lott speaks to Abe Sutton , Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, about the ACCESS model and broader efforts to test payment and delivery reforms aimed at improving affordability, expanding digital health, and generating real-world evidence in Medicare. Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.

People in this episode

Host: Rob Lott

Guest: Abe Sutton

Topics covered

• Medicare
• digital health
• cost reduction
• payment reform
• health policy

Keywords

• Medicare
• digital health
• costs
• ACCESS model
• health policy
• payment reform
• real-world evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Health Affairs, Medicare

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