Today, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) held their Board of Governors meeting. The agenda can be found here. 

Today, Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt providing input on how to achieve patient-centeredness in alternative payment models (APMs) based on feedback PIPC received related to proposed models, including the Medicare Program; Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR). 

In the letter, Chairman Coelho provides a number of suggestions for bringing the voices of patients, people with disabilities, and their families to the discussion of how to advance patient-centered principles throughout an evolving healthcare system.