Demonstration Projects: CMS Launches Chronic Care Demonstration Project

Why This Topic Matters

Demonstration projects can influence how Medicare-covered services are delivered, coordinated, and paid. Readers following CMS policy updates need to know which populations and service areas are being tested and when the projects are scheduled to begin or expand.

Article Sections

1. Chronic Care Improvement Projects

   Introduces CMS’s regional chronic care demonstration effort and describes the general beneficiary populations involved. It also notes the program’s Medicare policy context and access points for further information.

2. Other CMS demonstration projects underway

   Summarizes additional active CMS demonstrations spanning ESRD, chronically ill beneficiaries, renal dialysis payment, self-administered drugs and biologicals, health care improvement factors, and consumer-directed outpatient services. The section outlines the broad categories of project activity and implementation timing.