Medical Economics June 9, 2023
By Richard Payerchin

CMS publishes additional paper on ‘urgent need’ to invest in and support primary care.

Physicians groups praised a new Medicare payment model that will start a 10-year test period in 2024.

But the advocate group for accountable care organizations (ACOs) questioned a potential limit on participation by physician practices already using that method.

On June 8, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the new Making Care Primary Model (MCP) would begin in eight states starting next year. The goal is to improve access and quality of care patients, especially in rural and underserved areas, by helping primary care physicians better coordinate care for multiple chronic diseases, according...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Payment Models, Primary care, Provider, Value Based
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