Fierce Healthcare December 15, 2017
Joanne Finnegan

CMS can do more to support independent practices in the move to value-based care, healthcare leaders said in a letter to Seema Verma.

Leaders in the movement to value-based care say the government can better support independent physician practices and called for reforms to programs, including accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage.

In a letter sent yesterday to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, leaders from groups representing family and primary care doctors and three value-based care providers outlined four steps the agency should take.

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The letter, signed by the Medical Group Management Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the...

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