CMS is inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on its Innovation Center Oncology Care Model (OCM) at a May 3, 2018 public meeting. Under the OCM, 187 practices and 14 payers are testing performance-based Medicare payment for episodes of care surrounding chemotherapy administration to cancer patients.
Oncology Care Model
CMS Invites Applications for Oncology Care Model
By Debra A. McCurdy on
CMS is soliciting applications for organizations to participate in a new Oncology Care Model (OCM), which will test performance-based Medicare payment for episodes of care surrounding chemotherapy administration to cancer patients beginning in 2016. The model features a two-part payment system for participating practices: (1) a $160 monthly per-beneficiary-per-month payment for the duration of the…