News in brief CMS announces Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Round 2 application period Medicare Part B practices in Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota and parts of New York can now apply for the program. May 18, 2017Thursday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it is opening the application period for Medicare Part B practices to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program. In 2017, CPC+ Round 1 began in 14 regions, with 53 payers and 2,891 practices. CMS is offering a second round of solicitations for payers to partner with CMS and practices to participate in CPC+ from 2018 to 2022. Following payer applications and selections, the following four regions were selected for CPC+ Round 22: Louisiana: Statewide Nebraska: Statewide North Dakota: Statewide New York: Greater Buffalo Region (Erie and Niagara Counties) Eligible practices in these regions may apply to participate in CPC+ Round 2 from May 18, 2017, to July 13, 2017. About the CPC+ model CPC+ is a regionally-based, multi-payer practice transformation model that spans the public and private markets. The CPC+ model aims to move practices away from a strictly volume-based, fee-for-service payment system by providing and promoting new value-based financial arrangements in primary care. The CPC+ model consists of two payment tracks in which primary care practices either get a monthly fee in addition to Medicare fee-for-service payments, or a monthly fee and a hybrid of Medicare fee-for-service payments and up-front primary care payments. The AOA has created a primer on CPC+ where you can get program details and apply for the CPC+ program. For questions about the CPC+ model or the application process, please contact the AOA at (888) 626-9262 or physicianservices@osteopathic.org. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleBoston Marathon bombing first responder, a DO, testifies to House panel Next articleJob posting: CEO of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care
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