Medical Economics October 23, 2020
Respondents prefer flexibility and choice in value-based payment reform.
Healthcare leaders do not have an appetite for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to require participation in Medicare alternative payment models (APMs).
According to a news release detailing the results of the latest MGMA Stat poll, of the 802 respondents 76 percent say that the government should not mandate participation in Medicare APMs. Meanwhile, 14 percent say that they are unsure, leaving only 10 percent saying that CMS should mandate the use of APMs.
In an emailed statement, Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs for MGMA, says that the organization has strongly supported healthcare moving to a provision for more accountable, coordinated care.
“However, MGMA...