We Can’t Wait – Health Care Innovation
By: Hope Wilkos, Writer/Blogger
Photos: CMS Website
On Monday, November 14th, health care took an innovative turn. The Challenge has been delivered and now it is up to the public and private community organizations across the country to come up with ways to improve the health care system in America, a topic that regularly draws criticism in this country.
Large corporations are trying to promote health and welfare by offering nutrition programs to their employees as just one of many wellness initiatives and more ideas are certainly in the works for both small and large employers.
Up to $1 billion will be awarded to deviceful projects all across the nation testing creative ways to deliver quality medical care while saving money.
Labeled The Health Care Innovation Challenge, Department of Health and Human Services has launched the program and preference will go to projects rapidly hiring, training and deploying health care workers.
Thanks to the funding of the Affordable Care Act, this exciting challenge will award grants in March of 2012 for the applicants who can accomplish the goals of delivering better and improved health care, lower out-of-pocket costs to those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, most significantly those individuals who are in the greatest need of medical services. Turnaround to implement these programs would preferably be within a six month time frame. Focusing on rapid workforce development is a major plus in the consideration for the grant.
In a period of three years time, between $1 million to $30 million will be awarded to deserving applicants.
Providers, payers, local government, community-based organizations, public-private partnerships and multi-payer approaches may all apply.
As is expected, those recipients awarded these grants will be monitored to track their progress as well as the savings derived over a period of time.
The final goal in this challenge is to improve health care for all Americans today.
For more information, visit The Health Care Innovation Challenge
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