Healthcare Innovation April 3, 2025
America’s Physician Groups report recommends that beneficiaries be drawn into alternative payment models
America’s Physician Groups (APG) has issued a report with detailed recommendations for reform suggestions for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including moving fully in the direction of accountable care in traditional Medicare and incentivizing two-sided risk payment arrangements between Medicare Advantage plans and physician groups.
APG’s approximately 360 physician groups comprise 170,000 physicians, as well as thousands of other clinicians. Its report, “Medicare Done Right: Prescriptions For Success,” notes that as of 2025, 69 million Americans will qualify for Medicare, a number that will rise to as much as 82 million in 2033. Yet the report notes, “the high and growing prevalence of chronic disease...