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Is “CMS Innovation Center” an Oxymoron?

A press release earlier this week announced the new CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

If you went to their Twitter feed today, here’s what you’d see:

CMSTwitter2

CMSTwitter3

This struck me as a great pictorial representation of the broader challenges the CMS Innovation Center faces:

  • They’ve kinda sorta figured out there’s a conversation going on out there — they’ve joined Twitter
  • They haven’t figured out that they need to listen:  Following = 0
  • They haven’t figured out they they need to talk:  Tweets = 0

I remain hopeful, but the CMS Innovation Center has a long way to go.  Dr. Berwick, opening up this closed organization is going to be the challenge of your lifetime.

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7 Comments

  1. Vince Kuraitis on November 18, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Is "CMS Innovation Center" an Oxymoron? e-CareManagement blog http://bit.ly/bPXteQ #hcr #healthreform #CMS #HITPol



  2. Netspective Health on November 18, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    Is “CMS Innovation Center” an Oxymoron? http://goo.gl/fb/JUFft #HIT #HealthIT



  3. Aparna M K on November 18, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    Is “CMS Innovation Center” an Oxymoron? | e-CareManagement Blog http://dlvr.it/8mZ5J



  4. Chris Langston on November 18, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    Pretty funny, Vince. They did only “stand the CMMI up” on Tuesday, however. I was disappointed to find that the only content on their new innovations website was a post by Dr. Berwick. Everything else about the three “demos” they also announced (MAPCP, medicaid medical homes, and something else I can’t recall) was back on the bad old site. Perhaps this is some sophisticated communications strategy, but I felt like a kid at Christmas who unwrapped the big heavy box under the tree only to find it was empty.



  5. Rachel on November 19, 2010 at 7:23 am

    Thanks. Now I’m sitting at my desk laughing uncontrollably and my co-workers think I’m nuts.

    I love irony.



  6. National Health on November 30, 2010 at 7:43 am

    RT @VinceKuraitis: Is "CMS Innovation Center" an Oxymoron? http://bit.ly/bw6ZpR



  7. Gregg Masters on December 16, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    Is “CMS Innovation Center” an Oxymoron? via @VinceKuraitis | http://bit.ly/eRr7Cs #cms10 #aco