Modern Healthcare March 26, 2018
A federal advisory panel is recommending that HHS pursue new models of care for Medicare patients in need of palliative care.
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, known as PTAC, voted Monday to forward proposals for two alternative payment models for review by the HHS secretary. The panel believes the ideas can be merged into one as both involve forming multidisciplinary care teams for patients in advanced stages of illnesses, but who are not yet ready for hospice care.
While this population only makes up 4% of Medicare beneficiaries, it accounts for 25% of annual Medicare expenditures, according to researchers. Better coordination between providers could not only improve quality of care, but reduce costs, advocates for the new...
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