Patient in wheelchair being assisted by health care worker
·
5 Min Read

Shift to value-based care will stumble without help from Congress

Lawmakers must reestablish financial incentives that helped spread APMs to a majority of traditional Medicare patients. 

series
Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
UPDATED
·
6 Min Read

Medicare Basics series: Advancing value-based care with alternative payment models

Alternative payment models (APMs) are a key approach to achieving value-based care by providing incentive payments to deliver high-quality and cost-efficient care.

Medicare & Medicaid
UPDATED
·
3 Min Read

Physician payment reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that contribute to the policy options for reforming physician payment. Key council reports on this topic have addressed APMs, Medicaid expansion, the site-of-service differential and high-value care.

Medical Service
·
3 Min Read

Aug. 23, 2024: National Advocacy Update

New CMS guidance adds flexibility to ACO REACH Model reporting requirements and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
Person using a tablet
UPDATED
·
15 Min Read

Medicare alternative payment models

Understand the choice of payment options MACRA offers physicians.

Payment & Delivery Models
Person using a tablet
·
6 Min Read

Value-based care’s future rests on reforms to Medicare APM incentives

Medicare’s pay system is unsustainable. A rigid approach that limits doctor participation in alternative payment models (APMs) is part of the problem.

series
Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
·
2 Min Read

April 19, 2024: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

AMA leads effort calling on CMS to reverse CEHRT utilization changes for ACO/APM participants and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
UPDATED
·
9 Min Read

Medicare Basics series: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) ties physicians’ Medicare payments to their individual, group practice or alternative payment model (APM) score.

Medicare & Medicaid
Person using tablet in hospital room
·
5 Min Read

New bipartisan bill a crucial boost to Medicare value-based care

The House measure would make key changes to help more doctors take part in APMs. Learn how the AMA is leading the charge to reform Medicare pay.

series
Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians