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Alternative Payment Models: 5 Myths

June 21, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAdvanced Alternative Payment Models, APM, APMs

With debate on “repeal and replace” in the rearview mirror, new leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the threat of rising health care spending undermining economic growth, policy makers are contemplating new models and incentives to speed providers toward value-based care and alternative payment models (APMs). The policy underpinning this…

ACO Economics 101: Optimize the Physician Network For Patient Choice

April 4, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAdvanced Alternative Payment Models, APMs, Attribution, Risk, Value based contracts

The inaugural MIPS 2017 submission period closed in a fog of uncertainty. The demise of MIPS looms on the horizon, with little discussion of opportunities for improvement. Heath and Human Services Secretary Azar has advocated for removing the quality reporting component of MIPS, while the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) recommended scrapping MIPS altogether and pushed…