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Medicaid Will Be a Bigger Target for Alternative Payment Models, CMS Official Says

Medicaid Will Be a Bigger Target for Alternative Payment Models, CMS Official Says

October 13, 2021Joyce FriedenNo CommentsMedpage TodayMedicaid ACOs,Alternative payment models (APMs)

Medicaid will be an increasing focus of alternative payment models (APMs) from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Ellen Lukens, MPH, said Wednesday at the annual Population Health Colloquium hosted by Thomas Jefferson University.

“Models have been predominantly Medicare-oriented, and have disproportionately served white beneficiaries,” said Lukens, who is policy and programs group director at CMMI, in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “Few of our models have focused on Medicaid beneficiaries, and few of our models have included robust participation from safety-net providers … We are really invested in including some of these changes so that Medicaid beneficiaries can benefit from some of the innovations that we’re testing with Medicare.”

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