Healthcare Innovation October 1, 2021
After Donald Berwick, M.D. and Richard Gilfillan, M.D., wrote a Health Affairs blog excoriating elements of the Medicare Advantage program, the Direct Contracting Program, and ACOs, APG’s CEO responded directly
A dispute has arisen over controversial statements made by two prominent healthcare policy leaders around the Medicare Advantage program. On Sept. 30, Donald Berwick, M.D., and Richard Gilfillan, M.D., published an article in the Health Affairs Blog entitled “Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 2: Building on the ACO Model,” in which they criticized in the very strongest terms the new Direct Contracting program under Medicare, the ongoing evolution of the Medicare Advantage program, and some core aspects of the ways in which accountable care organizations...