CMS pushing primary care with two new payment models
“We’re launching CMS Primary Cares, an initiative of two new payment models that will enroll a quarter or more of traditional Medicare beneficiaries and a quarter of providers in arrangements that pay for keeping patients healthy, rather than ordering procedures,” Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, said April 22 during a press conference.
“Today’s announcement creates innovation in primary care that has the potential to entirely transform our fee-for-service system – which is about 65% of the Medicare program – into one that drives value,” Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said during the press conference.
