Dr. Colleen Kraft Selected for New Innovation Advisors Program

Carilion Clinic’s Dr. Colleen Kraft was one of 73 clinicians from 27 states and Washington, D.C., selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its Innovation Advisors program. Dr. Kraft is the Pediatric program director at Carilion and an associate professor of Pediatrics at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Launched in October 2011, the program will help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs. They will work with CMS to test new models of care delivery in their own organizations and communities and create partnerships to find new ideas that may work regionally and across the U.S.

Funding for this initiative was made possible by the Affordable Care Act.

More information about the Innovation Advisors Program, including a fact sheet and list of participants and their home organization, can be found at: http://innovations.cms.gov/initiatives/innovation-advisors/index.html.