Medicare ’s Proposed Alternative Payment Model for Radiation Oncology

This Viewpoint discusses details of the Radiation Oncology Model, a 90-day episode-based alternative payment model proposed by the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) intended to reduce inappropriate overuse of proton beam therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and other expensive radiation oncology services.

Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - October 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research