Internal CMS Transmittal Lays Out Radiation Therapy Bundle Plan

By Michelle M. Stein John Wilkerson / February 13, 2019 at 6:25 PM
CMS in an internal transmittal to contractors dated Feb. 15 lays out a proposal for a prospective bundled payment radiation oncology model that would replace fee-for-service payments in randomly selected geographic areas, a move that comes after HHS Secretary Alex Azar indicated the agency was eying a mandatory radiation therapy demonstration. A CMS spokesperson told Inside Health Policy the document was inadvertently posted and is for internal planning purposes at this point. “CMS has and will continue to conduct...


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