Richard Gilfillan, MD, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, said more "telling evidence" about CMMI models, including accountable care organizations, would be available this summer, according to a Politico report.
Dr. Gilfillan offered some early evidence that other pilot programs like bundled payments and patient-centered medical homes may be helping to lower healthcare costs. In the final quarter of last year, hospital readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries decreased to slightly below the threshold of 18.5 percent to 19.5 percent, which is where the readmission rate had sat for the past five years, according to the report.
Dr. Gilfillan also said there is data suggesting CMMI's medical home program in Vermont is slowing the growth of healthcare costs, according to the report.
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Dr. Gilfillan offered some early evidence that other pilot programs like bundled payments and patient-centered medical homes may be helping to lower healthcare costs. In the final quarter of last year, hospital readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries decreased to slightly below the threshold of 18.5 percent to 19.5 percent, which is where the readmission rate had sat for the past five years, according to the report.
Dr. Gilfillan also said there is data suggesting CMMI's medical home program in Vermont is slowing the growth of healthcare costs, according to the report.
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