Year-End Package Delays Radiation Oncology Demo

Congress will delay the start date of the highly criticized CMS radiation oncology model demonstration until Jan. 1, 2022, six months beyond what CMS proposed in a final rule earlier in December but in line with what stakeholders had requested , according to a House Ways & Means Committee GOP summary of provisions in the year-end legislation hammered out over the weekend (Dec. 21). CMS released the final version of the radiation oncology demonstration in September, and oncologists immediately said...