Group Calls For CMMI Reforms As Stakeholders Look To See How Price Handles Program

The Healthcare Leaders for Accountable Innovation in Medicare is calling for HHS Secretary Tom Price to stop CMS’ innovation center from requiring providers to participate in demonstrations, and a spokesperson for the House Ways & Means Committee says Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) wants to work with Price on guardrails for demonstrations that test reforms. Republican have tried to kill mandatory demos, but it could be a challenge to pull back the mandatory hip and knee replacement bundle that is already...