Modern Healthcare June 27, 2017
Industry observers worry that the Trump administration’s pullback from some alternative payment models could stall Medicare’s march to value-based care.
Over the past few months, the CMS has delayed the effective dates for four Obama-era bundled-payment initiatives covering cardiac and orthopedic care and is seeking public comment on the overall future of the models. It also announced plans to exempt up to 800,000 small and rural providers from the new quality reporting system outlined in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
The agency cited the need to reduce regulatory burden as a primary driver for these actions, but clinicians and policy insiders at a Bundle Pay Summit Tuesday voiced concerns that progress to reduce spending and improve quality will...
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