Medicare Disease Management Pilot Program RFP May Be Released By End Of March
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
"Chronic care improvement" program agreements must be signed by Dec. 8 under the Medicare Rx law. Contracted program fees will be at risk. CMS is "setting the bar higher" than what is normally expected from disease management vendors.
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