Advancing a Value-Driven Health Care System for All Veterans

Authorized by Section 152 of the MISSION Act of 2018, the Center for Care and Payment Innovation (CCPI) plays a critical role in ensuring the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maximizes quality of care while balancing costs – known as high-value health care – and delivers needed services to Veterans. CCPI works with partners across the government and the health care industry to develop and test innovative approaches to Veteran care across a wide range of service areas.

Through these collaborative efforts, CCPI aims to:

• Improve Veterans' access to care and services.
• Improve quality, timeliness, and patient satisfaction.
• Create cost savings for the Department.

Our Approach to Innovation

CCPI leads the designing, testing, and implementation of pilot programs to improve health care services and payment options for Veterans. From concept to close, CCPI partners closely with VA medical centers and facilities, VA regional offices, VA program offices, Veteran organizations, and industry to ensure the needs of Veterans are at the center of every pilot program we create.

CCPI uses a standard framework for pilot program assessment, approval, and management. Using this framework allows us to create a structured approach to innovation that helps us:

• Identify the need for care and payment innovation through data-driven decision-making.
• Proactively identify high-risk, high-need Veterans with various illnesses and in different geographies.
• Ensure health equity is accounted for throughout a pilot’s design and implementation.
• Engage the VA Innovation Steering Committee to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and recommend innovation opportunities.
• Leverage the authority granted by Section 152 of the MISSION Act to submit waiver requests for Congressional approval.