Healthcare DIVE March 13, 2025
The CMS estimates terminating the models will save nearly $750 million. The agency will also no longer implement two demonstrations that aimed to improve prescription drug affordability and access.
Dive Brief:
- The CMS Innovation Center is canceling four payment models early and halting two demonstrations before they begin, the agency said Wednesday, in the Trump administration’s latest rollback of federal spending in healthcare.
- Four models — Maryland Total Cost of Care, Primary Care First, End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices and Making Care Primary — will end by Dec. 31, according to a news release. The CMS estimates terminating the programs early will save nearly $750 million, though regulators did not quantify where those savings will come from.
- The CMMI...