The link below will take you to a new division of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), called CMS Innovations.

http://innovations.cms.gov/index.shtml

The Affordable Care Act (health reform law) brought this into being. (As you know, CMS sets all the federal rules for Medicare and Medicaid covered services and reimbursements.)

It appears this web page will provide information and collaboration as "new care and payment models" are developed. I think this is very exciting!

Please note that Maine is one of eight states participating in a demonstration project "to evaluate the effectiveness of doctors and other health professionals across the care system working in a more integrated fashion and receiving more coordinated payment from Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota will participate in the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration that will ultimately include over 1,200 medical homes serving almost one million Medicare beneficiaries."

If you're interested in staying current with developments of CMS Innovations, you can sign up on the site for their email list.