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Industry Asks CMS To Allow More Medtech Input, Longer-Term Metrics In Bundled Pay Models

 
• By Sue Darcey

Industry groups told the US Medicare agency it should seek the input of a broader array of stakeholders – including medtech companies – in developing future episode-of-care pay models. They also argued that participation in the programs should be voluntary, and that the pay models should account for patient outcomes longer than 90 days following initial care. The responses came in comments to CMS following its proposal to scale back its joint replacement bundled payments program and eliminate a cardiac-care version.

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Industry and hospital associations are asking the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to seek more consultation of a broad array of stakeholders, including medical technology companies, when developing episode-of-care payment models, and to have those programs measure patient outcomes beyond 90 days following initial care.

Groups including AdvaMed, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), Premier and the American Hospital Association commented in response to the...

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