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Apply Before November 15, 2011!

Want a front row seat for exciting work going on at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation? Interested in expanding your skills around system improvement? Applications are now available for the Innovation Advisors Program which aims to help professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs.  More information is below and available on the Innovation Center’s website at http://innovations.cms.gov/innovation-advisors-program. 

The deadline to submit applications is November 15, 2011.  Applications for the Innovation Advisors Program can be accessed at http://orise.orau.gov/IAP. 

 Interested parties may obtain answers to questions by emailing IAP@orau.org

Background on the Innovation Advisors Program

The Innovation Center seeks to deepen the capacity for transformation by creating a network of experts in improving the delivery system for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.  The Innovation Advisors Program will support individuals who can test and refine new models to drive delivery system reform.     

The Innovation Advisors Program will allow skilled individuals in the health care system to deepen several key skill sets, including:

• Health care economics and finance;
• Population health;
• Systems analysis;
• Operations research/patient safety;

 These individuals will:

• Support the Innovation Center in testing new models of care delivery;
• Utilize their knowledge and skills in their home organization or area in pursuit of the three-part aim of improving health, improving care, and lowering costs through continuous improvement;
• Work with other local organizations or groups in driving delivery system reform;
• Develop new ideas or innovations for possible testing of diffusion by the Innovation Center; and
• Build durable skill in system improvement throughout their area or region.

The Innovation Advisors Program will select and develop as many as 200 individuals from across the nation in its first year.  The first group of Innovation Advisors will start their six-month intensive orientation and applied research period in December 2011. 

Innovation advisors will be expected to commit up to 10 hours per week to the Innovation Advisor Program during the initial six months of their fellowships, with part of that time devoted to seminars and instruction.  The rest of that time will be devoted to implementing the improvement project they propose in their initial application.  The Innovation Advisors who are selected will meet regularly to exchange insights, report on successes and discuss common challenges. 

Innovation advisors will work with the Innovation Center to test new models of care delivery in their own organizations and create partnerships to find new ideas that work and share them regionally and across the United States. 

The deadline to submit applications is November 15, 2011.  Applications for the Innovation Advisors Program can be accessed at http://orise.orau.gov/IAP.  

Interested parties may obtain answers to questions by emailing IAP@orau.org.

For more information about this initiative or the CMS Innovation Center, please visit: http://www.innovations.cms.gov.