Adding patient reported outcomes to Medicare’s oncology value-based payment model

JAMA

2 January 2020 - On 1 November 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center released details of a proposed alternative payment model for medical oncology care, called Oncology Care First, for public comment.

The Oncology Care First model will succeed the Oncology Care Model (OCM), which will expire at the end of 2020. 

When it started in 2016, the OCM, which was voluntary, was important in oncology due to its emphasis on value-based care transformation.

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