States Push To Expand Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demo

States and some lawmakers are pushing for CMS to extend the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration beyond 2014, though one state policy expert says it may be time to move beyond multi-payer demonstrations that focus exclusively on primary care. A CMS official last month told Inside Health Policy the agency was considering demo extension requests from several states, and a key stakeholder says final word on the demo's future likely rests with the White House. Sources close to...