CMS mulling direct provider contracting models

Dive Brief:

• CMS is seeking input on direct provider contracting between payers and primary care or multi-specialty groups to help it potentially design and test a model for Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage plans as well as Medicaid.
• Such a model could enrich the doctor-patient relationship by eliminating administrative burden and increasing flexibility around patient care, improving quality while reducing costs, the agency said Monday in announcing the Request for Information.
• The concept grew out of an earlier RFI that sought guidance on a “new direction” for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to promote patient-centered care and test market-driven reforms. More than 1,000 stakeholders responded to that RFI, including the American Hospital Association, Federation of American...

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