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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently announced the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (“CHART”) Model, which is a new voluntary payment model aimed at increasing access to and improving the quality of health care in rural communities through a value-based rather than volume-based approach. Under the CHART Model, Accountable Care... READ MORE

On July 10, 2019, CMS issued proposed rulemaking titled Medicare Program; Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures. The rule proposes to implement two new mandatory Medicare payment models – the Radiation Oncology Model and the End-Stage Renal Disease (“ESRD”) Treatment Choices Model. Comments on this proposed rule are due... READ MORE