CMS unveils new alternative payment model for rural health

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Tuesday unveiled a new alternative payment model for rural providers.

The Community Health Access and Rural Transformation—CHART—model will give rural communities money upfront to change how they pay for and deliver care to Medicare beneficiaries. It will also provide them with operational and regulatory relief, as well as technical and educational support.

“The CHART Model represents our next opportunity to make investments that will transform the rural healthcare system,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement.

The new demonstration follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last week, directing federal agencies to improve rural health and access to telehealth services.CMMI hopes it will increase rural providers’ financial stability, ease providers’ administrative burden, and improve beneficiaries’ access to care.

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