CMS Issues RFI to Inform Design of Future Mandatory Episode-Based Payment Model; Responses Due August 17

CMS Issues RFI to Inform Design of Future Mandatory Episode-Based Payment Model; Responses Due August 17

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) to inform the development of an episode-based payment model focused on improving beneficiary care and lowering Medicare expenditures by reducing fragmentation and increasing care coordination across health care settings. Comments are due by August 17, 2023. Our full summary of the RFI is attached.(Testa, July 14, 2023) #Accountable Care Organizations, #Care Coordination, #Costs, #Delivery Reform, #Demonstration Programs, #Health Equity, #Quality, #Risk Adjustment, #Social Determinants of Health, #Value-Based Purchasing