CMMI Innovation Models

CMS finalized changes to CMMI’s Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model, signaling that the Trump administration’s innovation agenda is still moving forward on specialty episode/accountability models even as stakeholders watch for broader model redesign under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, and CMMI Director Abe Sutton. For health systems, transplant centers, ACOs, and payers, the immediate implication is heightened pressure to align referral management, organ offer acceptance, waitlist equity, and post-transplant outcomes with CMS performance incentives and reporting expectations under the revised model ([CMS finalizes changes to Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQNlFHU3d0OFR1TTE3Y2lPQ1Q1dmF3NnIzOGowLUpLU2p2al9MMDU4NzFSakdMcU9VYXdCM0hvQ0J5bG54ckpFZ2NhS0dXTE9WVmU4bXAtSXpCaDRsRXBTWWNTbHpwQWdsVFBod2NHTDJwcVZ0MW9LbE0zT1NHYW5PbTlvY1p3NWtabF93MFpwcTdHUTVRLXJnVF9qQmZXNU8yMjgyUkVWTXBx