Strategies for integrating specialty care into value-based care models
- Value-based care models must address both primary and specialty care to improve patient outcomes and reduce spending. A CMS Innovation Center strategy details ongoing efforts to integrate specialty care into the healthcare system. Past studies have shown that Medicare beneficiaries are seeing more specialists and experiencing more fragmented care....
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