In 2013, the federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) awarded its first State Innovation Model grants.  Now, the agency has released its first evaluations of the performance of grant recipients.
State Innovation Model or SIM grants, established under the Affordable Care Act, were created to support the development of innovative payment and care delivery models that reduce state health care spending while preserving or improving the quality of care.  The law set aside $10 billion to support the program, which generally provides financial and technical support to states for the development and testing of multi-payer payment and delivery models.
Now, CMMI has published its first evaluations of the performance of states awarded SIM grants.  See those evaluations here and here; the latter document includes an extensive description of Pennsylvania’s SIM planning activities.