Becker's Healthcare October 11, 2019
HHS has endorsed a Medicare alternative payment model focused on emergency physicians, according to the national medical society that developed the model.
The American College of Emergency Physicians said Oct. 11 that HHS Secretary Alex Azar expressed his support of the Acute Unscheduled Care Model developed by ACEP, via an official response to the physician-focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee. The committee, established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, reviews and assesses proposed physician-focused payment models and makes recommendations to HHS. HHS then posts a response to the recommendations.
In Mr. Azar’s response to the committee, he said the Acute Unscheduled Care Model is a “creative proposal to...
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