CMS accepting applications for primary care payment models
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is accepting applications from primary care physician practices, health systems and other organizations interested
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(By Robert McLean and Gary Leroy for STAT) The ongoing relationship between primary care physicians and their patients forms the
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