Becker's Healthcare March 10, 2021
Katie Adams

CMS Primary Care First model options will be offered in 26 regions beginning April 1, the agency said March 9.

Primary Care First, a set of voluntary five-year payment options, was designed to decrease the number of avoidable hospital visits and total cost of care through performance-based adjustments. The 864 practices CMS selected as participants generally include primary care clinicians who serve seriously ill populations in high need of care.

CMS will use clinical quality and patient experience measures to evaluate the quality of care each Primary Care First...

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Topics: CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Value Based
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