Verma Teases New Mandatory CMMI Models And State Medicaid Adoption

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / April 25, 2019 at 3:33 PM
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said stakeholders can expect more Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models to be mandatory and for all upcoming payment models to include resources for state Medicaid adoption as she teased new rural health models and a long-awaited radiation oncology model in a speech to the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) on Thursday (April 25). “One reason for mandatory models is that selection effects can be significant in voluntary models. Selection effects happen...


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