Healthcare Innovation December 28, 2021
This year has been a dramatic one for the evolution of alternative payment models (APMs) in U.S. healthcare, with policy changes and market developments throwing some models into real uncertainty
The year 2021 has been a dramatic one for the evolution of alternative payment models (APMs) in U.S. healthcare, from every type of accountable care organization (ACO) to bundled payments, to the rollout of the Direct Contracting program for physician groups under Medicare. That has been true both in the public and private spaces, but policy changes on the federal level have involved the most dramatic developments.
To begin with, one must start with the change in administrations. The change from the Trump administration to the Biden administration in January...