Whitehouse, Cassidy Unveil Primary Care Payment Reform, Related RFI

Provider organizations are celebrating a physician payment reform bill Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced Wednesday (May 15), which would create a hybrid Medicare payment system that rewards primary care providers based on patient health outcomes and reduces cost-sharing for patients who participate in certain primary care activities and services. It would also create a new technical advisory committee to help CMS determine Medicare fee schedule rates. The bipartisan duo also issued a request for information asking...