RevCycle Intelligence May 16, 2018
The Maryland all-payer alternative payment model that pays hospitals under a global budget structure will now be open to physicians and nursing homes until 2023.
CMS greenlighted an expansion of an all-payer alternative payment model in Maryland that allows the state to set hospital reimbursement rates, the office of Governor Larry Hogan recently announced.
Maryland’s unique alternative payment model, known as the Total Cost of Care All-Payer or Maryland Model, has been operating since 2014. And the state will now be able to extend the model until the end of 2023, with another opportunity to renew the contract between CMS and the state for another five years after that.
As part of the extension, CMS also approved an expansion of...