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CMS Reconsidering Medicare Payment Models

Five Medicare alternative payment models previously slated for implementation are being delayed, cancelled, or reconsidered. The five APMs whose futures are not clear are: The Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model ACO Track Primary Care First Kidney Care Choices Geographic Direct Contracting Part D Payment Modernization Model Learn more about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest actions on these models in the Becker’s Hospital Review article “5 CMS payment models that are under review, delayed.”

admin2021-04-26T06:00:47+00:00April 26, 2021|ACO, Alternative payment models, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare, Medicare reimbursement policy|

CMS Ponders Future of Medicare Payment Models

The new administration has delayed the planned launch of several new Medicare payment models and ultimately may choose not to move forward with some or to alter them. The models currently under review by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are: Primary Care First Kidney Care Choices Geographic Direct Contracting Part D Payment Modernization Model Learn more from the Becker’s Hospital Review article “CMS payment models that are under review, delayed.”

admin2021-03-30T06:00:20+00:00March 30, 2021|Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMMI, Medicare reimbursement policy|