Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: First Annual Report

Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: First Annual Report

Published: Dec 11, 2014
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research
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Associated Project

HCIA Evaluations: Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse

Time frame: 2013-2014

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

Authors

Henry Ireys

Liz Babalola

Michael Barna

Dan Friend

Matt Kehn

Allison Siegwarth

The Affordable Care Act authorized the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative health care payment and service delivery models with the potential to lower spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Improvement Program (CHIP) services while maintaining or improving beneficiaries’ health and the quality of care they receive. The 107 awardees in the first round of the Health Care Innovations Award (HCIA) initiative included a broad range of service delivery models. Innovations that succeed in meeting their objectives may lend themselves to implementation on a broad scale. Consequently, rigorous evaluation of the interventions is critical to achieving HCIA goals.

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