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Medicaid value-based care: Should your practice take part?

States are infusing Medicaid programs with value-based design concepts. The AMA helps you understand the risks and opportunities these programs offer

Medicare & Medicaid
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6 ways fast-evolving pay models are affecting physician practices

AMA-RAND report: Doctors see opportunity for new payment models to improve care, but are overwhelmed by their complexity and the pace of change.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Bundled-payment agreements: Why definitions matter

How are care episodes defined? Will they include infections developed after a patient returns home? Essential questions to ask before signing up.

Payment & Delivery Models
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8 provisions that can make or break pay-for-performance contracts

The devil is in the details on how a proposed agreement assigns patients, evaluates physician performance and calculates payment.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Physician interdependence and independent practices can coexist

Independent physicians can pool financial resources to build their practice infrastructure and create economies of scale under new integration models.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Tips to develop new pay models that work for your practice

Medicare is open to new ways of delivering care that improve patient outcomes while lowering payers’ costs. Take this advice on how to participate.

Payment & Delivery Models
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AMA says CMS cardiac proposal includes positive steps

The AMA responded to a proposed rule by CMS that would create new payment models for patients who have a heart attack or undergo coronary artery bypass surgery.

Press Releases
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Evaluating & negotiating payment options

Physicians thinking about transitioning from fee-for-service payment to risk-based reimbursement can evaluate options to make an educated choice.

Claims Processing
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5 contracting keys for success in an alternative payment model

Physician practices across the country are weighing a variety of payment models presented by commercial payers. If you’re trying to determine whether these models, which are meant to improve patient care while lowering overall costs, will work for your practice and patients in the long run, don’t miss these key factors.

Payment & Delivery Models