HealthLeaders Media January 21, 2019
Stakeholders say the existing February 19 application deadline for the Medicare Shared Savings Program ‘will be challenging, if not impossible’ to meet.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Provider associations ask CMS Administrator Seema Verma to extend the MSSP deadline to March 29.
Applicants seek more time to complete complex administrative and legal requirements.
Key stakeholders including the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association are urging federal policymakers to extend by at least one month the application deadline for the new Pathways to Success program.
CMS released the 267-age final rule for Pathways to Success under the Medicare Shared Savings Program in late December, and announced earlier this month that applications to participate in the program...