Berwick Says CMS Innovation Center Can Be ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of Reform Law

The provision in the health reform law establishing a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) could be the “jewel in the crown” of the law because projects launched by the center hold promise to lower health care costs while increasing quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald M. Berwick said Oct. 18.

Speaking at a forum sponsored by the Brookings Institution about the CMI, Berwick said the center, if properly implemented, will become “an American trampoline for better care at a lower cost,” providing a catalyst for bringing disparate parts of the health care system together to ...