A change to the government’s voluntary bundled payment model for oncology is going to be bad news for many participants.
A new analysis from Avalere Health predicts that more than half of all oncology practices participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Oncology Care Model could end up owing the government money if they are required to join in a two-sided risk payment model.
Beginning in July, CMS plans to require practices that have not yet achieved a performance-based payment in any of the first four performance periods of the...