“The CMS Innovation Center is being crippled by the Trump administration and might not be collecting the correct data from new payment models, according to a group of researchers.”
“The focus on voluntary participation in programs by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center (CMMI) is hurting payment reform by possibly providing an inaccurate depiction of how such models will perform nationwide…”
“The researchers specifically called out the administration’s “backpedaling” of mandatory programs, like bundled payments for hip and femur fractures last year. Following the rollback, the agency, as expected, released a voluntary replacement bundle.”
“Last fall, CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for industry input to guide the innovation center in a “new direction…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMMI ‘hobbled,’ data collection possibly aimless, researchers say – By Mike Stankiewicz, May 3, 2018, FierceHealthcare.
