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MACRA Gets Mixed Reviews at House Hearing

MACRA Gets Mixed Reviews at House Hearing

June 23, 2023Joyce FriedenMedPage TodayPhysician Compensation,Medicare ACOs/MSSP

The physician payment system instituted under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has brought some positive results but still needs to be improved, witnesses said Thursday at a House of Representatives hearing.

“Despite the good intentions of policymakers, MACRA has not solved the issues with how Medicare pays doctors,” Joe Albanese, policy analyst at the Paragon Health Institute, said at a House Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearingopens in a new tab or window to assess how successful the law has been. In addition, “MACRAs’ value-based care programs have not significantly improved the quality of healthcare services.”

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