Proposed Change for Oncologists a Step Toward Bundled Payments

Managed Healthcare Executive February 29, 2020
Mary Caffrey

Leaders from a growing network of community oncology practices say a proposal for the next phase of payment reform would represent a major shift in the way Medicare pays for medical oncology.

Authors from OneOncology, writing this week in JCO Oncology Practice, warned about the consequences of Oncology Care First (OCF), which the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation described in an informal request for information late last year.

OCF is scheduled to replace the current Oncology Care Model next year with something that is an “intermediate step to a true bundled payment in medical oncology,” they said.

OCM combines fee-for-service payment model with a “monthly enhanced oncology services”—or MEOS—payment to cover “practice transformation” services, which include care coordination and...

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