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Has a New Policy Fault Line Opened Up Around APMs?

Has a New Policy Fault Line Opened Up Around APMs?

October 4, 2021Mark HaglandNo CommentsHealthcare InnovationAlternative payment models (APMs)

As we reported in a news article on Sept. 30, “A dispute has arisen over controversial statements made by two prominent healthcare policy leaders around the Medicare Advantage program. On Sept. 30, Donald Berwick, M.D., and Richard Gilfillan, M.D., published an article in the Health Affairs Blog entitled “Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 2: Building on the ACO Model,” in which they criticized in the very strongest terms the new Direct Contracting program under Medicare, the ongoing evolution of the Medicare Advantage program, and some core aspects of the ways in which accountable care organizations (ACOs) are managed in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). In response, the leaders of the Los Angeles-based APG, America’s Physician Groups, wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, signed by APG president and CEO Donald H. Crane, criticizing the criticism.

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: ACO, ACOs, alternative payment models, America's Physician Groups, APG, APMs, direct contracting, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, MSSP

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