New CMS primary-care payment model would affect 20K doctors

Modern Healthcare: The CMS wants to pay practices a monthly fee to manage care for as many as 25 million patients in the agency's largest-ever plan to transform and improve how primary care is delivered and reimbursed.

The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus initiative will be implemented in up to 20 regions and include up to 5,000 practices, which would encompass more than 20,000 doctors and clinicians. The program would collaborate with commercial, state, and other federal insurance plans. Therefore, the CMS has yet to identify regions since it must first assess interest by payers and providers.

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