“In the ongoing push toward value-based care and reducing costs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be releasing new payment models, according to CMS Administrator Seema Verma…”
“Some may even be mandatory, according to Alex Azar, secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services…”
“Forthcoming models will be focused on high cost areas such as end-stage renal disease, cancer care, chronic disease and other serious medical conditions, Verma said.”
“CMS has also made it clear that providers need to be ready to take on more risk. In August the agency proposed an overhaul of the accountable care organization Medicare Shared Savings Program…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS: Innovative new payment models are coming — and some will be mandatory – By Susan Morse, September 20, 2018. Healthcare Finance.
