Healthcare Innovation June 26, 2024
Senior leaders at NAACOS share their perspectives on what needs to happen next in Medicare physician payment reform
By Aisha Pittman, MPH, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, NAACOS, and Robert Daley, Director, Legislative Affairs, NAACOS
In addition to generating billions of dollars in savings and improvements in quality, value-based care models have had a profound impact on the daily lives of patients and their families. Millions of patients in these models benefit from better coordinated care and services not covered by Medicare, including patient outreach and social supports like housing and transportation assistance.
Incentives to participate in Medicare’s advanced alternative payment models (APMs) have proven successful in transitioning clinicians to value-based care models. In the last decade, the number of...