A primary care model for the new Medicare payment system

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the open application period for physician practices to participate in a new, nationwide primary care payment model. Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) is a primary care medical home that could qualify physicians for the incentive payment for AdvancedAlternative Payment Model (APM) participants under the new Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) starting in 2019. In designing CPC+, CMS tried to build on physicians ’ experience with its predecessor medical home model and give participating practices better opportunities for success. Physicians want to be able to deliver comprehensive, high-quality care for each patient in the most effective way and without a rigid payment system that doesn’t provide the re sources they need. Several APMs that arealready in use as pilots have proven that APMs can be effective for this purpose. CPC+ is a five-year primary care medical home model that aims to provide more flexibility and support than is typically available in fee-for-service, especially for non face-to-face services such as proactive patient outreach, care coordination and development of treatment plans. Up to 5,000 practices will be selected to participate. The AMA has strongly encouraged interested practices to submit applications during the short application period which closes on Thursday, Sept. 15, giving physicians just six weeks to apply. Submit a CPC+ application via theonline...
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