HealthExec March 1, 2018
A large majority of medical group professionals responding to a poll from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) was opposed to mandatory participation in alternative payment models in Medicare, a policy CMS has been moving away from under President Donald Trump.
Out of 1,176 responses to the MGMA poll, 72 percent said they opposed the federal government mandating participation in Medicare APMs, while 14 percent were in favor and another 14 percent were unsure.
Since Trump took office and Seema Verma, MPH, became administrator of CMS, the agency has moved away from mandatory models planned under the Obama administration. Two mandatory bundled payment models were cancelled and Verma indicated the agency would pursue only voluntary models—which...
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