Fierce Healthcare November 27, 2017
Matt Kuhrt

Greater flexibility and better consumer protections top the wish list of recommendations for groups providing feedback to CMS on how to improve its innovative value-based payment models.

CMS recently requested feedback on its efforts to promote value-based care. Advocacy groups have some concrete recommendations as the agency juggles various stakeholders’ priorities.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s announcement soliciting feedback on value-based payment models raised alarms among some lawmakers who were concerned the move represented a front for undermining Medicare. Responses offered by the Medicare Rights Center and the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) have opted to take the agency at its word, offering a mix of general principles and concrete examples intended to ensure innovative payment models do not hurt...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Health System / Hospital, MACRA, Medicare, Physician, Regulations, Value Based
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