Medicare Proposes More Mandatory Bundled Payments

For years, physicians have watched Medicare roll out pay-for-performance demonstration projects and ask for volunteers — soft healthcare reform, as it were. The move from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based reimbursement took a hard turn, however, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last month proposed three bundled payment models for cardiac and orthopedic care that will be mandatory — not voluntary — for hospitals in select geographic areas. Some medical societies... Medicare Proposes More Mandatory Bundled Payments
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