Two weeks ago, the Department of Human and Health Services (HHS) unveiled the “Primary Cares Initiative,” a program that aims to “reduce administrative burdens” and enable primary care physicians to earn “performance-based payments” if they deliver care to Medicare patients that meets certain targets and decreases downstream healthcare costs.
CMS has posted a request for applications for the first cohort of primary care practices. The program is intended to go into effect January 2020 and continue for five years.