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Doc Groups Ask Congress to Extend Payment Bonus for Alternative Payment Models

Doc Groups Ask Congress to Extend Payment Bonus for Alternative Payment Models

September 29, 2022Joyce FriedenMedPage TodayAlternative payment models (APMs)

Congress must extend Medicare’s payment bonus to doctors participating in alternative payment models (APMs) to incentivize them to continue, doctors and health policy experts said Thursday at a Capitol Hill briefing.

“It’s not like you can go from fee-for-service today and then jump into an APM tomorrow,” said Kisha Davis, MD, MPH, vice president of health equity at Aledade, a company that helps medical groups set up accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers who come together to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients. “There is a level of investment in infrastructure that needs to take place, in understanding the data and hiring support staff.”

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