State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Design & Model Pre-Test Evaluation Report

Released July 24, 2015, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this document describes the State Innovation Model (SIM) Initiative within the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center), which provides federal support to states to develop and test innovative health care delivery and payment system models designed to meet the specific needs of the states’ residents and to achieve better health care, lower health care costs, and improve population health. The Initiative calls on states to engage multiple stakeholders and to build on existing health care system payment and delivery system transformation efforts . . .