Module 5
The Life and Death of a Model
How models are evaluated, the rare certification that lets one expand nationally, the ways models end, and how to become an informed, nonpartisan participant.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the certification standard a model must meet to expand nationally
- Distinguish an evidentiary failure from iteration or a political cancellation
- Participate in health policy from an evidence-first, nonpartisan posture
- Evaluation and Certification A model's ultimate test is a legal one. This lesson covers how models are evaluated and the rare certification that lets one expand nationally. About 5 min
- How Models End Most models do not expand; they end. This lesson covers the ways a model concludes and why endings are a normal, healthy part of the system. About 4 min
- Becoming an Informed Participant The capstone: how to turn an understanding of the process into effective, nonpartisan participation in value-based care policy. About 4 min
Module quiz
Answer all questions to see your score.
1. What must happen for a CMMI model to be expanded nationwide?
The certification bar is the legal 'it worked' standard; only about four of roughly seventy models have met it.
2. Why is it not necessarily a failure when a CMMI model ends?
A testing enterprise that never ended a model would be one that never learned; distinguish evidentiary failure, iteration, and political cancellation.
3. What is the core posture this course recommends for policy participation?
The nonpartisan, evidence-first posture is both more credible to agencies and better for the policy process.