… CMS has announced it will conduct large-scale programs under the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program mandated by the MMA

Healthcare Financial Management, Nov, 2004

CMS has announced it will conduct large-scale programs under the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program mandated by the MMA. In transmittal 256, CMS states that private organizations can contract with the agency to provide chronic care services to beneficiaries enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program. CMS will use the group health plan payment system to make capitated payments for the services. Beneficiaries will receive only coordinated care or disease management services from these chronic care organizations, and beneficiaries are not restricted on how they receive other Medicare services. To read the payment instructions for chronic care improvement organizations, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/R256CP.pdf.>