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CMS Innovation Center says Accountable Health Communities model saved Medicaid money and will inform future work
Summary
A CMS Innovation Center agency official said its final evaluation of the Accountable Health Communities model found cost savings for state Medicaid programs and that CMS plans to use the findings to expand connections between Medicaid beneficiaries and social services; the evaluation did not provide a dollar figure.
An agency official from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center said the final evaluation of the Accountable Health Communities model found the program saved money for state Medicaid programs and that CMS intends to use the results to expand connections between Medicaid beneficiaries and social services.
The official said, "we actually saved money for state Medicaid programs," and described the finding as the conclusion of a final evaluation report reflecting on the entire model. The official added that the evaluation showed quality improvements over the course of the model.
The official listed the types of services the model connected beneficiaries to, saying the program paid for "connecting people to social services, counseling, food services, housing supports to address, homelessness." The transcript does not specify a dollar amount or the size of the savings; the official described the finding as a conclusion of the evaluation rather than citing a numerical total.
On next steps, the official said CMS is exploring how to "leverage this and build on this in the Medicaid program," including identifying additional connection points for people and expanding access to social services with the stated aims of improving quality and lowering cost. The remarks describe plans and exploration; the transcript does not record any formal policy adoption or a binding directive.
The short video ends with a call to viewers to watch more CMS Innovation Center videos at the web address referenced in the recording.
