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CMS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CMS Media Relations CMS
Announces Transformative New Model of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with
Chronic Kidney Disease Model
focuses on reducing costs and improving quality of care for patients Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
announced it has finalized the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment
Choices (ETC) Model, to improve or maintain the quality of care and reduce
Medicare expenditures for patients with chronic kidney disease. The ETC Model
delivers on President Trump’s Advancing Kidney Health Executive Order and
encourages an increased use of home dialysis and kidney transplants to help
improve the quality of life of Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD. The ETC
Model will impact approximately 30 percent of kidney care providers and will
be implemented on January 1, 2021 at an estimated savings of $23 million over
five and a half years. “Over the past year, the Trump Administration has taken more
action to advance American kidney health than we’ve seen in decades,” said
HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “This new payment model helps address a broken set
of incentives that have prevented far too many Americans from benefiting from
enjoying the better lives that could come with more convenient dialysis
options or the possibility of a transplant.” To read the full ETC Model release, click here: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-announces-transformative-new-model-care-medicare-beneficiaries-chronic-kidney-disease To read the ETC Model Fact Sheet, click here: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/end-stage-renal-disease-treatment-choices-etc-model-fact-sheet ### CMS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CMS
Announces Innovative Payment Model to Improve Care, Lower Costs for Cancer
Patients Radiation
Oncology Model will modernize Medicare payments for radiotherapy services Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
finalized a new Innovation Center model expected to improve the quality of
care for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy and reduce Medicare
expenditures through bundled payments that allow providers to focus on
delivering high-quality treatments. The new Radiation Oncology (RO) Model
allows this focus on value-based care by creating simpler, more predictable
payments that incentivize cost-efficient and clinically effective treatments
to improve quality and outcomes. The RO Model, part of a final rule on
specialty care models issued by CMS, will begin on January 1, 2021 and is
estimated to save Medicare $230 million over 5 years. “President Trump knows that, for cancer patients, what matters
is their quality of life and beating their cancer. But today, Medicare
payment for radiotherapy is based on the number of treatments a patient
receives and where they receive it, which can lead to spending more time
traveling for treatment with little clinical value,” said CMS Administrator Seema
Verma. “That’s why the Trump administration has developed a new innovative
model that allows patients and providers to focus on better outcomes for
patients.” To read the full RO Model release, click here: To read the Radiation Oncology Model Fact Sheet: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/radiation-oncology-ro-model-fact-sheet More information on the Model is available at: https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/radiation-oncology-model/ These Models are a part of a CMS final rule on Medicare Program;
Specialty Care Models To Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures
(CMS-5527-F), which can be viewed at: https://innovation.cms.gov/media/document/specialty-care-models-rule ### Get CMS
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