New Medicare Payment Models Should Not Be All About Saving Money, CMMI’s Fowler Says
Executive Summary
CMS’s Innovation director Elizabeth Fowler wants to ‘reignite’ momentum behind health care system transformation. What does that mean for biopharma?
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