Project Overview
Mathematica and its partner RAND are helping CMS determine whether a new pay-for-performance model reduces heart attacks and strokes among high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.
If this model proves successful, CMS can make it part of how Medicare pays for preventive cardiovascular care throughout the country. Our role is to help CMS determine if the model is successful, which means assessing (1) whether and how the model reduces heart attacks and strokes and (2) whether the model reduces Medicare spending on hospitalizations and post-acute care for cardiovascular events enough to fully offset model payments.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Evidence & Insights From This Project

Evaluation of the Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model: Third Annual Report
In its first three years, the Million Hearts Model improved cardiovascular preventive care, but did not yet reduce observed heart attacks and strokes or lower Medicare spending.
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