CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) is launching the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge, in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge will distribute up to $1.65 million to encourage further progress in AI for health and health care and to accelerate development of real-world applications for this technology.
Participants will analyze large health care data sets and develop proposals, AI driven models, and frameworks that accurately predict unplanned hospital and SNF admissions and adverse events.
Annual contest
Up to $1,000,000
To be eligible to win a prize under the AI Health Outcomes Challenge, an individual or entity-
- Shall have timely submitted an entry to participate in the relevant stage of the challenge;
- Shall have complied with all the requirements described in this announcement for participation in this challenge;
- For prize money from CMS and/or partners, who are jointly sponsoring this challenge: In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Note: Non-U.S. citizens and nonpermanent residents can participate as individuals or as a member of a team that otherwise satisfies the eligibility criteria but will not be eligible to win a monetary prize (in whole or in part); however, their participation as part of a winning team, if applicable, may be recognized when results are announced;
- May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of his or her employment (all non-HHS Federal employees must consult with their agency Ethics Official to determine whether the Federal ethics rules will limit or prohibit the acceptance of the AI Health Outcomes Challenge prize);
- Shall not be a HHS employee;
- Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop entries unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award; and
- Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract to develop AI Health Outcomes Challenge applications or to fund efforts in support of an AI Health Outcomes Challenge entry.