Integration demonstration. The CMS' latest pay-for-performance initiative will test the power of integrated delivery systems to alter doc practice patterns.
Linda Magno of the CMS says the Medicare Health Care Quality Demonstration project is one of the agency's boldest initiatives yet. She says the project is a chance for providers to "redesign the healthcare system." The project will feature "a lot of latitude" in payment and waivers of Medicare provisions. And the CMS needs a few good volunteer providers to participate.
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