Morning Consult December 5, 2017
Trump administration expected to focus on voluntary participation and fewer regulations on bundled payments
Though the Trump administration last week rolled back several Obama-era projects designed to shift the U.S. health care system away from fee-for-service care to models that pay doctors and hospitals based on the quality of care, industry groups believe the government is likely to continue with the push toward value-based care.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday officially scrapped mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment programs and scaled back the mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. But in a statement the same day, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency anticipates “announcing new voluntary payment bundles soon.”
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