CMS finalizes MACRA alternative payment models

Healthcare IT News: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec. 20 unveiled a new final rule it said would offer a simpler path for physicians to join alternative payment models to satisfy the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

But the new models for cardiac and orthopedic care could get push-back from incoming Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, whose signature is prominent on a September 2016 letter, signed by more 170 members of Congress, voicing opposition to the CMS Innovation Center for implementing mandatory bundled payment models without first testing them in a small area.

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