CMS selects markets for new primary-care payment initiative

Modern Healthcare: The CMS will launch an ambitious primary-care quality improvement initiative in four regions and 10 states. The states involved are Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee.

The markets for the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, or CPC+, initiative were selected based on density and interest shown by practices and payers. Fifty-seven not-yet-named payers will participate. The regions are the greater Kansas City, Mo., area; the North Hudson Valley in New York state; Philadelphia; and northern Kentucky.

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