"Now, CMS’ Innovation Center, which created Making Care Primary, is set to launch a new 10-year program to boost primary care called the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design, known by its acronym LEAD.

"Now, CMS’ Innovation Center, which created Making Care Primary, is set to launch a new 10-year program to boost primary care called the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design, known by its acronym LEAD. In that program, funding will be sent to health care organizations, often managed by companies, instead of directly to primary care doctors and clinics."

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