HealthLeaders Media November 27, 2017
Some strategies are showing promise but require time for real change to occur. Recent CMS moves may be slowing the momentum.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should continue refining existing alternative payment models that are showing genuine long-term promise, says an industry consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers.
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) says finding alternatives to the prevailing fee-for-service payment system should be a top priority as CMS reorients the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) agenda.
The task force comments came in a letter responding to a CMS request for information about new directions for CMMI, the agency’s test lab for value-based payment models. HCTTF pushed for more innovation, noting that...