
Innovation Insights
Innovation Insights
Get a quick snapshot of Innovation Center activities to advance our strategy and support evidence-based prevention, patient empowerment, and greater choice and competition.

CMS Fine-tunes and Extends Kidney Model to Rein in Spending
May 27, 2025
What’s new: The CMS Innovation Center is revising the financial methodology and participation options and extending the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model to help address early concerns about spending, while continuing quality improvements through 2027.
CMS Updates Accountable Care Model to Improve Model Sustainability
June 3, 2025
What’s new: The CMS Innovation Center is updating the ACO REACH Model, including its financial methodology, to ensure the accountable care pilot program can successfully achieve future cost savings.
Innovation Insight: CMS Model Delivers Access to Sickle Cell Gene Therapy with Expansive List of State Participants
July 15, 2025
What’s new: 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico signed agreements with CMS to participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model.