Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 330; no. 15; pp. 1430 - 1432
• Main Authors: Tajeu, Gabriel S, Joynt Maddox, Karen, Brewer, LaPrincess C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 17.10.2023
• Subjects: Beneficiaries; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Coronary artery disease; Government programs; Health risks; Heart; Heart diseases; Humans; Medicare; Models, Cardiovascular; Modernization; Mortality; Patients; Quality control; Risk Factors; Risk management; Risk Reduction Behavior

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model as a tool to drive quality improvement and reduce population-wide cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This model incentivizes healthcare organizations to assess and lo...