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A national primary-care physician association and an employer group have teamed up to develop a care model that aims to shift away from fee-for-service reimbursement.
The American Academy of Family Physicians and National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions plan to leverage regional employer coalitions and physician networks to form a national primary-care model based on a prospective payment system, although the specifics of which have not been hammered out. The partnership builds on the efforts of organizations like the Pacific Business Group on Health, the Connecticut Business Group on Health, Houston Business Coalition on Health, Memphis Business Group on Health, Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, Rhode Island Business Group on Health and Washington Health Alliance, executives said, emphasizing that it won’t be a one-size-fits-all approach.