Medicare Chronic Care Demo Will Target Physicians To Boost Enrollment
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
CMS wants to line up a variety of health care providers before beginning to contact beneficiaries. Bulk of promotions will be undertaken by disease management contractors.
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