CMMI aims to bolster primary, specialty care coordination via new payment models

The Biden administration wants primary care and specialty providers to work closer together, including via new population-based payment models to bolster referrals to specialists.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released a report Monday updating its strategic vision for implementing value-based care, including detailing its progress since the vision was released last year. One of the key new strategies focused on creating greater care coordination between primary care doctors and specialists, especially surrounding the types of models the center puts out.

“We can’t have accountable care if our episode models were providing incentives for providers to do their own thing and not integrating with primary care,” said CMMI Director Liz Fowler in an exclusive interview with Fierce Healthcare.