Modern Healthcare July 23, 2019
Susannah Luthi

HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday hinted that Medicare Advantage plans could see pay boosts as part of the Trump administration’s strategy to tackle maternal mortality rates, social determinants of health and rural healthcare access.

“We can also enhance value through payments in Medicare Advantage, where we want to open up more opportunities for MA plans and entities they work with, including creative value-based insurance design arrangements, moving care to the home and community, and new ways for MA plans to improve a patients’ health over the long term,” Azar said at the Better Medicare Alliance’s policy summit.

Those innovative arrangements include the primary-care models that Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced earlier this year, which could be a...

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Topics: CMS, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, HHS, Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Value Based
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