Based on first year results, the CMS says its two advanced primary care initiatives show promise for saving money and improving health-care quality.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a Jan. 23 blog post said the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative reduced hospital admissions by 2 percent and emergency department visits by 3 percent and cut expenditures “nearly enough to offset care management fees paid by CMS.”
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January 23, 2015
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