HealthLeaders Media April 26, 2019
The embrace of mandatory models comes after the Trump administration was regarded in its early months as preferring voluntary models.
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Mandatory models can bypass the selection effects seen in voluntary models, the CMS administrator said.
The statements were made to NAACOS, which has had some concerns about the administration’s Medicare ACO program overhaul.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma signaled Thursday that the Trump administration has its eye on rolling out more mandatory payment models.
The administration had been seen as preferring voluntary payment models under former Health and Human Services Secretary Thomas Price, MD, who resigned in 2017 after just seven months on the job. But the tone...
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