Important article in the March 24 issue of Modern Healthcare:

The unsinkable Tracey Moorhead has penned an opinion on behalf of DMAA about the recent CMS decision to suspend Medicare Health Support.

Among her many points, the decision means:

• gains made to date will be jeopardized
  

• new initiatives will be difficult to re-start

• local alliances will be disrupted

• lessons learned will be lost

• beneficiaries who seem to like it so far will be denied an important service
  

• it's too early to tell

• flexibility is called for

• additional analyses may offer new insights