CMS announces new participants for alternative payment models in 2017

Modern Healthcare: The CMS expects 359,000 clinicians to participate in four alternative payment models this year, the agency said Wednesday, touting those numbers as evidence of success in shifting away from fee-for-service and into value-based care.

Those alternative payment models include accountable care organizations—the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Next Generation ACO Model and the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease Care Model—and the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Model.

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