Healthcare Innovation May 15, 2024
Mark Hagland

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Bill Cassidy have introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate that would provide PCPs with hybrid payments based on quality

A bill just introduced into the U.S. Senate by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana) is earning praise from the leaders of APG, America’s Physician Groups, a leading association working to advance value-based contracting in the U.S. healthcare system. The “Pay PCPs Act” is intended to address primary care challenges and reform physician payment models.

A press release published jointly by the offices of Senators Whitehouse and Cassidy on May 15 began thus: “As part of their ongoing work to address primary care challenges and reform physician payment models, U.S. Senators Sheldon...

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