CMS redesigns controversial Medicare direct contracting model
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The Trump program allows private companies to participate in Medicare as part of a broader health department effort to improve care while limiting the government's costs.
Federal regulators are considering the future of the Direct Contracting program and an announcement could come soon, unnerving some provider groups.
As progressives rail against Direct Contracting, sources say HHS is mulling the program's future.
America's Physician Groups kicked off a new era of its leadership last week when it named Susan Dentzer its new president and CEO, a position that she will officially assume in March. Dentzer, a well-known and highly-regarded thought leader in healthcare policy, is currently Senior Policy Fellow at the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy.