This Viewpoint explains CMS’ April 2020 policy waiver permitting relocation of outpatient services to home settings and reimbursing those services at higher rates, and it proposes ways CMS can accelerate innovation around the policy change to incentivize sustained better health care outcomes and lower costs.

This Viewpoint explains CMS’ April 2020 policy waiver permitting relocation of outpatient services to home settings and reimbursing those services at higher rates, and it proposes ways CMS can accelerate innovation around the policy change to incentivize sustained better health care outcomes and lower costs.