The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model—the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model—geared towards smaller, independent primary care practices and organizations that want to participate independently in value-based care initiatives. The MCP Model will be tested in eight states – Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Washington, The National Law Review reports.
The MCP Model is a multi-payer 10.5-year model that will focus on three primary goals:
- improving care management and care coordination,
- equipping primary care clinicians with tools to form partnerships with health care specialists, and
- leveraging community-based connections to address patients’ health needs and their health-related social needs (HRSNs).
CMS is working with State Medicaid Agencies to design Medicaid programs to align with the MCP Model, and will engage with private payers in the coming months. Read more.
