Inside CMS’s push to rebalance Medicare payments toward primary care

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The country’s underinvestment in primary care means missed opportunities to catch chronic disease early and help patients change unhealthy habits before those become costly, said the leader of Medicare’s Innovation Center.

“We underinvest in primary care at the current prevailing payment rates,” said Abe Sutton, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

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