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On April 21, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative – a voluntary, risk-based initiative to transform the Medicare program’s reimbursement of primary care services from a fee-for-service payment system to a value-based system that rewards physicians who keep patients healthy and out of the hospital. The CMS Primary Cares Initiative creates five payment models under two paths: the Primary Care First Model (“PCF Model”) and the Direct Contracting Model (“DC Model”).   All five models focus on care for chronically and seriously ill patients.
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