CMS Accepting Payment Bundling Bids For New Initiative
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS announced last week a new program to encourage providers to coordinate care including financial incentives to save on costs, quality measures and opportunities for gainsharing arrangements between hospitals, physicians and other providers.
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