American Hospital Association June 22, 2023
In a letter submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for a hearing on challenges implementing value-based and alternative payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, AHA encouraged certain statutory and regulatory policies to advance and flexibly implement these models. Recommendations include extending incentive payments; investing in resources and infrastructure to support rural hospitals’ transition to APMs; improving cost measures in the Merit-based Incentive Payment...