Jeff Lagasse
The move is a response to the rising demand for cancer care in West Orange and South Lake counties in Florida.
Primary care physicians see an average pay increase of only 1.4%, while specialists experience an even smaller increase of 1%.
The partnership's first two centers will offer medical care, lifestyle counseling and care coordination.
CMS also proposes to update the outlier threshold so that estimated outlier payments remain at 2% of total payments.
This translates to an estimated increase of $695 million in payments from fiscal year 2025, CMS says.
Adjustments are estimated to total $196.5 million in 2026, CMS says.
CCA insures nearly 50,000 Massachusetts residents who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
House GOP members are demanding cuts of at least $1.5 billion in federal spending, but Senate Republicans are divided.
Northwell will become a 28-hospital system after integrating seven Nuvance hospitals in Connecticut and New York.
Declining physician payments and rising operational costs place emergency medicine at financial risk, RAND finds.