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To reduce redundancies and confusion in the Medicare system, health care policymakers should consider implementing “a smaller, more harmonized” portfolio of alternative payment models (APMs).
That’s according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which released its regular June report to Congress on Tuesday.
“In many cases, providers participate in multiple [alternative payment models] simultaneously, and Medicare beneficiaries are attributed to multiple models at the same time,” the report notes. “This overlapping participation can have unintended consequences.”