CMS Launches New Oncology Care Model Demonstration Project

The multi-payer Oncology Care Model (OCM), which went live on July 1, 2016, is a new oncology care model in which Medicare and other payers will pay the participating practices a monthly care management fee for each beneficiary over a six-month episode of chemotherapy, plus monthly fee-for-service (FFS) evaluation and management (E&M) services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center is testing the OCM in a five-year demonstration that runs through June 30, 2021. The demonstration includes 16 regional and national commercial payers, in addition to Medicare, and 195 Medicare . . .