March 21, 2025
CMS Innovation Center Ending Four Models Early
Last week the Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (also known as CMMI) announced they are terminating four models early to align with its statutory obligation and strategic goals.
Innovation Center Models are intended to be time-limited experiments to determine what approaches should be:
- expanded nationwide,
- what components need further testing, and
- what approaches are not viable for expansion.
The models are ending early are:
- Primary Care First,
- Making Care Primary,
- ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC), and
- Maryland Total Cost of Care
Termination of the ETC model will be proposed through rulemaking. Subject to discussions with State authorities, Maryland will transition to the AHEAD model and begin its implementation period in January 2026.
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