Medicare Selects 16 Provider Organizations for Primary Care Housecalls

On April 26, 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the first 16 provider organizations selected for the Medicare Independence at Home Demonstration that tests the power of primary care housecalls as a way to improve care and cut costs for fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries with multiple chronic health conditions, including co-occurring serious mental illness or dementia. The 16 provider organizations, located in 12 states, will be eligible to receive incentive payments if actual expenditures for the participating beneficiaries are less than the expected Medicare FFS expenditures. The three-year demonstration is scheduled to . . .