MedPage Today June 22, 2023
Joyce Frieden

— Despite good intentions, it hasn’t solved Medicare’s physician payment issues, experts say

WASHINGTON — The physician payment system instituted under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has brought some positive results but still needs to be improved, witnesses said Thursday at a House of Representatives hearing.

“Despite the good intentions of policymakers, MACRA has not solved the issues with how Medicare pays doctors,” Joe Albanese, policy analyst at the Paragon Institute, said at a House Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing to assess how successful the law has been. In addition, “MACRAs’ value-based care programs have not significantly improved the quality of healthcare services.”

Albanese outlined the two “tracks” of the Quality Payment Program implemented...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, MACRA, Payment Models, Physician, Value Based
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