Primary Care First
CMS to Hold Primary Care First Model Payment Tutorial
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be holding a Primary Care First Model Payment tutorial on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Noon EDT. Primary Care First offers an innovative payment structure that aims to promote access to advanced primary care and reward high-quality, patient-focused care. REGISTER HERE! During this session, the Primary […]
Read MoreCMS Primary Care First Seriously Ill Population Webinar Rescheduled
The Primary Care First Model Options team will be hosting a payment webinar on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT. Topics to be discussed include how eligible practices can participate in the SIP payment model option of Primary Care First, eligibility requirements, quality measures, and payment. The event had previously been scheduled for July 10. […]
Read MoreCMS Webinar to Provide Updates on Seriously Ill Population Payment Model
In late April the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced further plans to encourage primary care practices to participate in value-based payment arrangements under new “Primary Care First” models. A specific Primary Care First model – the High Need Model — is designed to serve Seriously Ill Population (SIP) patients. CMS anticipates that Medicare-enrolled […]
Read MoreCMS Primary Care First “High Need Population” Model Envisions Role for Hospice Clinicians
In late April the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced further plans to encourage primary care practices to participate in value-based payment arrangements under new “Primary Care First” models, which will be operated under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and are designed to reward high quality outcomes in primary care […]
Read MoreCMS Sunsets Serious Illness Population Payment Demo
The U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not move forward with the Seriously Ill Population (SIP) component of the Primary Care First initiative. The move follows the Biden Administration’s ongoing review of Trump-era policies. CMS announced Primary Care First in April 2019 and is implementing the models in phases, initially in 26 […]
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