AAMC July 23, 2021
The AAMC joined 13 other health care stakeholder groups on July 20 in a letter of support for the Value in Health Care Act of 2021, which would make critical reforms to Medicare’s value-based care models and accountable care organizations (ACOs). The groups also issued a press statement in support of the legislation upon introduction of the bill.
The letter, which was sent to the lead sponsors of the bill — Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), and Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) — highlighted the importance of the legislation’s goal of ensuring that value-based care models and ACOs can continue to provide high-quality patient care and generate savings. “With estimates showing almost 40 percent of healthcare dollars...