On the heels of yesterday’s Strong Start initiative budgeting webinar, the CMS Innovation Center announced today that it will be extending the deadline to submit Letters of Intent to apply for the Strong Start initiative. The Strong Start initiative aims to improve care for mothers and newborns through reducing the risk of significant complications and [...]

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)’ Innovation Center and Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staff will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, March 20 at 3pmET to  discuss how applicants can prepare their budget for the Strong Start Medicaid funding opportunity. Strong Start is an initiative of CMS targeted at reducing preterm [...]

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In the coming weeks, CMMI will be hosting numerous webinars on the Department of Health and Human Services’ new initiatives: Partnership for Patients and Strong Start. Partnership for Patients is working to dramatically improve patient safety across the country. Two upcoming webinars are listed below. Creating and Sustaining Successful Partnerships Between Hospitals and Community Organizations: Methods [...]

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Tomorrow the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be hosting a conference call at 3pm EST with key leadership to discuss new initiatives to improve women and newborn health.  Participating in the call are:  Dr. Rick Gilfillan, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Cindy Mann, Deputy Administrator and Director of the [...]

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