The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will manage these grants and the government plans to award $895 million total over the next three years for grassroots projects.
HHS awarded 26 grants in May and expects the grants to deliver $1.9 billion in savings, according to Ken Terry’s report.
Last week, HHS announced $400 million in grants for biodefense research and development centers at three universities, with the goal of developing vaccines and drugs to combat biological weapons.