Hill March 26, 2019
It would be easy to think the flurry of congressional investigations of the White House, the politics of the 2020 presidential campaign, and the paralyzing partisanship on Capitol Hill would combine to make it impossible for anything to get done in Washington. Think again. Flying somewhat under the radar, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ramped up efforts to move towards a more innovative way to reimburse health care providers, which has caused a flurry of behind-the-scenes lobbying from all sides of the health care industry.
For years, public and private health insurers have been moving away from the fee-for-service reimbursement system toward a payment mechanism that rewards quality of care over quantity of care. Medicare has...