RevCycle Intelligence February 4, 2020
Improving claims data access for providers and patients topped the list of AMGA’s value-based care needs. Other demands included MACRA, ACO benchmarking, and physician self-referral reform.
AMGA (American Medical Group Association) recently sent a letter to Congress outlining what it views as 2020’s top priorities for medical groups and health systems. Chief among the group’s recommendations was better claims data access for providers and patients in a value-based care world.
Congress and the administration have made it clear that how healthcare is financed and delivered must change in order to stop the unsustainable trajectory of healthcare spending and improve patient outcomes, which research has shown to be significantly worse compared to those in similar countries.
Value-based care models were designed...