ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING: Request for Comment: Feedback on New Direction Request for Information
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting input to help develop a potential mode for direct provider contracting.
A direct provider contract model would allow providers to take further accountability for the cost and quality of a designated population in order to achieve better beneficiary outcomes. Such a model would have the potential to enhance the doctor-patient relationship by eliminating administrative burden for clinicians and providing increased flexibility to give the high-quality care that is most appropriate for their patients, thus improving quality while reducing expenditures.
Please submit comments to the CMS Innovation Center at DPC@cms.hhs.gov by 11:59 pm EDT, May 25, 2018.
