RevCycle Intelligence November 10, 2017
PTAC advised HHS to consider MACRA implementation for an alternative payment model covering at-home care and an oncology bundled payment model.
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) recently recommended two alternative payment models to HHS for possible MACRA implementation.
Stakeholders have submitted 19 alternative payment model proposals since the committee launched after the 2015 MACRA implementation rule. The committee of 11 individuals with experience and expertise in physician-focused payment models have only forwarded two proposals to HHS for limited scale testing prior to the most recent recommendations.
The two proposals were Project Sonar, a gastroenterology-focused alternative payment model, and the American College of Surgeons (ACS)-Brandeis Advanced Alternative Payment Model, a bundled payment model for surgical episodes.
HHS decided...
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