CMS innovation center to end certain programs early

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it is ending four payment models early, terminating each by the end of this year. The models, run out of the CMS Innovation Center, are Primary Care First, End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices, Making Care Primary and Maryland Total Cost of Care. CMS also is considering reductions to the Integrated Care for Kids model. In addition, the CMS Innovation Center will no longer implement the Medicare $2 Drug List or Accelerating Clinical Evidence models. (CMS fact sheet, 3/12/25)