Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - December 13, 2010
AdvaMed says it wants CMS to permit at least a five-year grace period from accountable care organization payment rules for physician early adopters of new medical technologies and treatments.
AdvaMed says it wants CMS to permit at least a five-year grace period from accountable care organization payment rules for physician early adopters of new medical technologies and treatments.
The recommendation is one of dozens being circulated by medical device groups in hopes that the Medicare agency will consider the impact that giving groups of providers shared incentives to cut costs will have on adoption of new medical technologies.
CMS is getting set to announce its plans early next year to move forward with a nationwide push for hospitals and physicians set up accountable care organizations (ACOs), as required by the health care reform law.
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