CMS' Bold Gamble on Primary Care

The skeptics were out in force last week when the CMS launched a major expansion of its comprehensive primary care initiative. They are way off base.

It is a bold move and long overdue. Rank-and-file primary-care physicians—not only the limited number who participate in accountable care organizations—need significant financial incentives to coordinate care if we're going to dismantle our wasteful and inefficient fee-for-service payment system.