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Direct-Contracting Entities Figuring Out How to Capitalize on Competitive Advantage

  • May 2, 2021
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

Home Health Care News is once again on the pulse of trends in payment reform. “A delay in the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model by the Biden administration has put the already-accepted direct-contracting entities (DCEs) in a coveted position. New entrants are no longer being accepted for participation in the model while the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its innovation arm review the details.”

In the article, Joel Theisen shares how “he’s also generally disappointed with the pause because it could mean a delay in the trend toward value-based care overall.”

Read on for the full story…

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